“Dinosaurs Before Dark”, by Mary Pope Osborne

Osborne, Mary Pope., and Sal Murdocca. Dinosaurs before Dark. New York: Random House, 1992. Print.

I have a soft spot for this book, because I remember my son reading it and many of the rest of the series.  It marked the first time he said to me “Mom, can I read a book?”, to which I responded “Of course you can, sweetie – you don’t have to ask permission to do that!”.

I didn’t read it myself until recently, and I can’t say I’m as eager to read the next installment as he was.  The Scholastic book wizard pegs it as a Grade 2.5 reading level, and it was altogether too low for me to enjoy.  I can appreciate it as an introduction to chapter books, and I’ll absolutely recommend it, but I won’t read any further myself.