There can never enough stories about friendships in children’s books – and this one is adorable. Especially as the friendship is between a little dinosaur and a polar bear.

Roo is a happy little dinosaur who is content just chilling on his little dinosaur island when Erik the polar bear rocks up on his ice berg. The two become fast friends and go on an adventure together.

Both characters are well written and defined. Erik the lovable polar bear is hella clumsy and Roo has to deal with him ruining all his stuff.

Roo the Roaring Dinosaur is a lovely story with fantastic themes about friendship, two great characters and a fun adventure. My only issue is that I think the plot was a tad slow, and would definitely suit older children upwards of 4-5 as I feel it won’t keep the attention of younger ones.

What it may lack in plot, it makes up for it with the cute illustrations. I mean, look at this little guy.

It also has this pretty cool map right at the front, which I appreciated, and think older kids would enjoy too.

A sweet story that older kids will enjoy and a great one to get from the library. If you want to find out more about the author, you can read that here. Or for the illustrator – click here.

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