Golusky, Jackie. Mighty Stegosaurus, The. Non-Fiction. Bumba Books: Mighty Dinosaurs Series. Lerner, 01/2022. 24pp. PLB $26.65. 978-1-7284-4105-4. PB $8.99. 978-1-7284-4813-8. ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1.
SERIES REVIEW: Modern series dinosaur books for younger readers are usually fairly straightforward for readers to learn from and enjoy. Unfortunately, this uneven series has some good titles and some poorly implemented titles. This reviewer saw three of the six series titles and one, about the Brontosaurus, contains very old-looking, unappealing illustrations. There is also a photo of a canyon that doesn’t match the adjoining text referring to fossils. These Brontosaurus illustrations remind the reviewer of soft, muted, crayon-like illustrations of decades ago, versus the finely detailed digital illustrations featured throughout the other titles.
Joshua Rees, Daly City Public Library