Stego-Snottysaurus by Kyle Mewburn
Ill. Donovan Bixley. Dinosaur Rescue Series. Scholastic, 2011. ISBN:
9781775430209.
Arg is back - the smart cave boy living in Neanderthal times.
His task this time is to save the dinosaurs from people flu.
When dad is sick with the flu, Arg sets out to help find a
cure. Along the way he stumbles into an angry cave bear and
his friend Skeet. Skeet is a T-Rex with an equally intelligent
brain. T-Rex is also sick and asks his friend Arg for
help. They go in search of a group of Stegosaurs who have a
cold, but not a bad strain to see what it is about them that makes
them better. With the answer at hand, a misplaced sneeze sees
Arg become the hero again.
Being the second book in the series, it is nice to have small
snippets of information given to tie it into the first book, this
allows readers to begin at any stage of the series, and still have a
sense of character and plot so far.
Full of gross snotty and stinky situations, this book is likely to
appeal to reluctant boy readers and those who love toilet and bodily
function humour.
Zana Thiele