Freddie is a dinosaur. Gingersnap
is a purple dragon. Normally dragons and dinosaurs don’t
get along. When they first encountered one another Freddie
and Gingersnap went nose to nose and toe to toe. “They
stared eye to eye. They scowled and they growled. They clicked
the pointed claws on their fingers – and they clacked
the pointed claws – on their toes –and they snip-snapped
their sharp shiny teeth.”
My goodness, is there going to be a fight? It looks like it
but then…then they discovered that both of them wanted
to learn to fly. Fortunately, Gingersnap knew how but didn’t
realize it until Freddie pointed out that dragons can fly.
Once she mastered the technique of flying, Gingersnap took
her new friend for a spin high in the sky and guess what?
Yup, a new friendship was formed!
The simple illustrations of the two key characters are complimented
by more detailed backgrounds that feature plenty of weird
little creatures that appear to be keeping an eye on everything.
It’s a nice mix of simple and busy sections of the pages
which will give the reader more to look at. There’s
also a fold-out page about halfway through the book which
is a bit of a surprise.
Once introduced to Freddie and Gingersnap, don’t be
surprised if this becomes one of your child’s favorite
picture books. These odd looking little creatures are quite
endearing!
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