This was a very cute story about a spoiled little girl who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday, but mom and dad won't get her one so she goes looking for one on her own. Along the way the meets some interesting characters and eventually the brontosaurus. This story is about how one person can change due to a few unforeseen events. When I first began reading this book I thought about how I would. It like to read this story to kids because the little girl got everything that she wanted by throwing temper tantrums which I would not want to say was ok. But as I continued to read the story you see how the little girl changes and how she realizes that it is not good to throw fits and she changes her ways. There is not too much discussion that could happen in this book but it does have very creative ideas and you could talk about how her actions should be different.This is a good book to read to first or second graders. When I started with the RI Children's Book Award committee in 2011, I recall one of the group's members who had been on the previous year talking about how her students loved this book. Oddly enough I didn't pick it up to read until last night when I had a girl who was looking to the latest book about Lulu. Prior to paleontologists changing the name to apatosaurus, the brontosaurus (meaning 'thunder lizard' as I recall) was my favorite dinosaur. In recent years I've changed over to stegosaurus lest I raise the ire of my young patrons who quickly inform me that there is no such dinosaur as a brontosaurus. I like Lulu. She is fun. I'll read the next one soon!
beautiful art. despicable character. even her redemption didn't redeem her in my eyes...Sorry Lulu.
—Brittany
Love the texture in Lane Smith's illustrations. Sublime.
—tammy
Cute. Great lesson for all ages
—foreveralone
