The Last Dinosaur Egg

The Last Dinosaur Egg, written and illustrated by Andrew Hegeman, is a great picture book that is ready to allow kids to explore their imaginations. When two kids, Jon and Jenny find a baby dinosaur while chasing butterflies, there world is turned upside down. My favorite part bout this story is how the kids find out that their dinosaurs' favorite food is broccoli! It reminds me of when I was a child, and how I would pretend that I was a dinosaur eating "trees" from my dinner plate. Perhaps the most intriguing part of this story is in the pictures themselves and how with the use of crayons, Hegeman has successfully captured illustrations that seem to have been drawn by children! In art it is always an attempt to recapture the essence of a child's artistic perspective, and here it is seen with the utmost integrity. I believe that the drawings help aid the story in it's message that even children are capable of doing amazing things.