Plot: While most people remain amazed by dinosaurs, few seem prepared to take one into their own home. As a result, the poor dinosaur (and its owners) become unhappy, destructive, or sickly due to the ignorance of their owners. Please, research before you purchase your dinosaur. The book offers solid guidance for new dinosaur keepers, as well as advice for veteran trainers. It also includes information on where to find particular specimens. Keep in mind, though, the book will not address certain issues, such as how to keep your dinosaur out of the trash...
Genre: Fictional non-fiction, perhaps? I am not entirely sure how to label this book. My local library places it in the nonfiction department.
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Similar Titles: Definitely a one-of-a-kind title
Personal Thoughts: I love this kind of book. It makes something absolutely impossible seem entirely likely. Also, the author clearly did his research. Instead of filling the book with generic brontosaurs (which do not actually exist, but that's another issue for another time), triceratops, and t-rexes, the author ranks dinosaurs according to their suitability to apartment life, farming, or guard duty based on paleontologic study. The book includes a lot of tongue in cheek humor, such as a reference to the Archaeoraptor controversy under his heading for Microraptor. It is definitely more humorous for dinophiles, but it also contains good information.
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