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Ankylosaur Attack

What makes this book remarkable is that each set of pages opens up into a panoramic view of a forested area and a dinosaur.  The forest area looks to be a photograph as does the dinosaur, however, it doesn’t say so in the credits.  In which case, the illustrations are fantastic!  I thought maybe they were pictures of dinosaurs taken at perhaps a science center exhibit of the real-looking robotic dinosaurs.  In any case, the illustrations were credible enough to make kindergarteners and first-graders gasp.  The story is about a young ankylosaur trying to make friends with an old, injured ankylosaur and being rebuffed.  When a T-rex tries to kill the old ankylosaur, the young one steps in to help, and a friendship is made.  Young kids love dinosaurs and this book practically makes them lifelike.