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My Dinosaur Adventure

especially for
{child's first name} {child's middle name} {child's last name}
at the age of {child's age}

{dedication}
{who this book is from}
{date of gift}

{child's first name or nickname} of {Hometown} had a special dream. His favorite books to read from the library were always those about dinosaurs, but he wanted to learn a lot more about them. As he was thinking about this, a beautiful white unicorn appeared at his bedroom window.

To his surprise, the unicorn spoke, "{Child’s first name or nickname}, I want to take you to the Land of the Dinosaurs. Can you come with me?"

{Child’s first name or nickname} said, "Wow! I would love to go, but first I must ask permission and leave a note for {name of friend}, {name of friend} and {name of friend}." Moments later, the unicorn whisked him back in time to the Land of the Dinosaurs.

When {Child’s first name or nickname} and the unicorn arrived at the shore of the beautiful lake, an apotosaurus (uh-pat-o-SORE-us) greeted them. He was longer than a big school bus.

"What's your name?" asked {Child’s first name or nickname}.
"I don't have one," answered the plant-eating dinosaur sadly. "No one has ever named any of us." {Child’s first name or nickname} thought for a while and then said, "I will call you Stretch."

"Look at that mountain over there!" shouted {Child’s first name or nickname}, pointing off into the distance. "Is it on fire?" he asked.

"Oh no, that's just a volcano," replied the unicorn. "Look all around you. The Land of the Dinosaurs is filled with many, many volcanoes, swamps and fern jungles."

{Child’s first name or nickname} added, "It's also very hot!"

While exploring, they met a stegosaurus (steg-uh-SORE-us). "He sure does have a lot of sharp points on his back," whispered {Child’s first name or nickname}.
"Those are called plates," said the unicorn. "A stegosaurus uses them for protection. They also trap heat from the sun to help keep them warm."

{Child’s first name or nickname} told the stegosaurus, "A great name for you would be Spike."

Next, {Child’s first name or nickname} and the unicorn entered a dense, humid forest where they found giant ferns and many reptiles of all sizes and shapes. While there, they heard a strange, snapping sound in the distance and cautiously crept closer to investigate. After all, {Child’s first name or nickname} had wanted to come here to learn as much as he could about dinosaurs!

Not far away, they met an allosaurus (al-us-SORE-us). She had large teeth and stood on powerful, hind legs. A huge tail helped her to stand up.
"So you are the one who is making all that noise," said {Child’s first name or nickname}. "I shall name you Alli."
Alli said, "Thank you," as she handed {Child’s first name or nickname} a branch of flowers.

{Child’s first name or nickname} was having so much fun in the Land of the Dinosaurs that he had not noticed that his friend the unicorn was crying. "Why are you crying?" asked {Child’s first name or nickname}.

"You have given names to everyone today except me," sighed the unicorn.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Ariel would be the perfect name for you," said {Child’s first name or nickname}
.
"I love it!" smiled the wide-eyed unicorn with a big grin. "Thank you!"

As they were talking, a tiny compsognathus (komp-sog-NAY-thus), about the size of a cat, raced past them and said, "You must follow me. There is something you will want to see." {Child’s first name or nickname} and Ariel chased after him.
"Wow! He is as fast as lightning. That's a great name for him," shouted {Child’s first name or nickname} as he ran.

They ran and ran until they came to some rugged, rocky cliffs. Lightning showed {Child’s first name or nickname} a nest along the top of one of the cliffs and directed him to get a close look. The nest contained three baby pterodactyls (ter-uh-DAK-tuls).

"Who is supposed to be taking care of these babies?" asked {Child’s first name or nickname}.

"I am!" echoed a voice, circling above them. Just then a large pterodactyl glided past them. {Child’s first name or nickname} found it hard to believe that a lizard could fly. Its wing span was about as long as his arm. {Child’s first name or nickname} decided that Dack would be a fine name for a flying lizard. The father pterodactyl glided down to the nest. Ariel was quietly talking to Dack, but {Child’s first name or nickname} could not hear what they were saying.

{Child’s first name or nickname}, Ariel and the pterodactyl flew back across the Land of the Dinosaurs until they once more reached the beautiful lake. This time {Child’s first name or nickname} saw a lot of activity at the water's edge. Dinosaurs were decorating the beach with streamers and balloons. {Child’s first name or nickname} wanted to help decorate and wondered if he could go to the party.

As they landed, a pentaceratops (pen-tuh-SARE-uh-tops) rushed to greet them. {Child’s first name or nickname} quickly counted the five horns on his head and decided to call him Penti. Then he asked if he could help them decorate.

"I want you to come with me, but for a different reason," replied Penti. "We have a surprise for you!"
The dinosaurs were gathered around a large two-tiered cake. "What a beautiful cake!" exclaimed {Child’s first name or nickname}.

"It's for you!" shouted his new friends. Now {Child’s first name or nickname} knew what Ariel had whispered to Dack. The dinosaurs realized that {Child’s first name or nickname} had to return soon and had wanted to help him remember his first visit to the Land of the Dinosaurs.

After the party, Alli, the allosaurus, told {Child’s first name or nickname} that it was time to leave for {Hometown}. {Child’s first name or nickname} was a bit sad, but could hardly wait to tell {name of friend}, {name of friend} and {name of friend} about his exciting adventures. Before he left, they all thanked {Child’s first name or nickname} for the nice names he had given them.

Ariel flew {Child’s first name or nickname} Home and said, "I also have a surprise for you, {Child’s first name or nickname}." In his room, he found a dinosaur cake with a personalized card signed by all the dinosaurs. {Child’s first name or nickname} hugged Ariel for making his secret dream come true and told her how much he had enjoyed his trip to the Land of the Dinosaurs. "I will never forget what you have done for me! Thank you for my fabulous dinosaur adventure."

Here are the pronunciations for the dinosaurs you have read about in MY DINOSAUR ADVENTURE. Use your book to spell them correctly.

(uh - pat - o - SORE - us)
(steg-uh-SORE-us)
(al-uh-SORE-us)
(komp-sog-NAY-thus)
(ter-uh-DAK-tuls)
(pen-tuh-SARE-uh-tops)

What other dinosaurs can you name, {Child’s first name or nickname}?