Children's Book review

Edwina

By Mo Willems

Published by Scholastic

Everyone loves Edwina: she bakes chocolate-chip cookies for people and helps old ladies across roads. The fact she's a dinosaur seems to bother no-one.

No-one, that is, except for Reginald Von Hoobie Doobie. He's utterly convinced dinosaurs are EXTINCT - and determined to prove it.

However, despite all his persuasion and protesting, nobody will listen – nobody, that is, except for Edwina. Persuasively, loudly and expressively, Raymond tells her the facts about the dinosaurs' demise, but Edwina simply doesn't care.

And neither – by now – does Raymond, as they tuck into another batch of Edwina's finest chocolate-chip.

A deceptively simple, light-hearted, candy-coloured picture book about the importance of making up your own mind rather than unquestioningly believing what you're told.

Reading age: 5+
Interest level: 3+