Customer Reviews

Santasaurus

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I purchased this for my son last Christmas because he is a big fan of dinosaurs. The story is a bit slim. It focuses on the youngest dinosaur. While his siblings wish for a bike and a robot toy, Milo's Christmas wish is to ride on Santasaurus' sleigh. He gets his wish Christmas Eve when Santasaurus wakes him to ride with him on his run to deliver the gifts that night. The ride is not fleshed out much. We end on Christmas morning with every member of the family enjoying themselves (even Momosaurus and Poposaurus, a nice touch). The drawings are charming, but there's just not enough to it, especially for the recommended age range of 4-8. Nonreligious Christmas story.

Ollie, Molly, Milo, and their parents enjoy holiday spirit with a kind, generous, and positive message throughout. (The dinodeer even stop at traffic lights!) The same cannot be said for many popular books, such as Olivia Helps with Christmas (Olivia Series).

Santasaurus has become part of our nonreligious XMAS tradition, along with other traditional classics. I think this book is brilliant for ages 3 to 5. Time will tell if it maintains the kids' interest past that.

Irish author-illustrator Niamh Sharkey (whose first name is pronounced the same as Neve Campbell) is not well known outside Britain, although you may be familiar with The Ravenous Beast.


(First U.S. edition, 2005)

I thought this was a cute story but unfortunately my three your old does not agree. She is not interested in this story at all.

We took this book our of the Library and my 2.5 year old son loves it. The story and wording are fun to read and listen to. The illistrations are fun and colorful.

I highly recommend it as a Christmas story for your collection.