Haggis and Tank Unleashed #2: Digging for Dinos written by Jessica Young and illustrated byJames Burks, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

 

Summary:  Haggis and Tank take off on an adventure to find Dinosaurs.  Tank read that they found dinosaurs right there near their backyard.  Haggis gets talked into searching for dinosaurs.  They pack food and set off on an adventure.  They find 3 dinosaur eggs all alone so they make a plan to sit on them to hatch, when along comes Mama triceratops and charges at them.  Tank shows her they mean no harm and helps cover them with leaves and grass.  She trusts them and makes them her friends.  They play games until a Tyrannosaurus Rex comes along to eat them, but as the ground starts to shake, he runs off.  Suddenly all the creatures, followed by all the dinosaurs, run away.  Tank and Haggis get worried and find a way to get home quickly.

Straight Talk for Librarians:  This easy reader chapter book with colorful pages has entertaining comical conversations between Haggis and Tank.  Tank is a dreamer, who misunderstands a lot of what Haggis says.  He constantly confuses similar sounding words into something else, which makes for a highly funny and entertaining book about vocabulary. Haggis, who is the smart one, is talked into these adventures by Tank.  Students learn how to be friendly towards people, some who are aggressive towards them or misunderstanding the conversation.  We all can learn to handle a hard of hearing grandparent or older person in our life.  This book would make a great classroom library book on diversity and age differences.  Highly recommended.