Bound To Stay Bound

School Library Journal - 09/29/2023 PreS-Gr 3—While on a school visit to the Natural History Museum, Penny (age five) befriends a baby brontosaurus she names Pip. While wandering the vast museum hallways together, Penny and Pip find that magic unfolds around every corner: bison, grizzly bears, giant squid, and whales. While stopping to eat lunch, she shares a few cheese crackers and delights in Pip's hearty response after he emits a loud, pleasurable URRRP! And with that, the two become best friends concocting a plan that eventually hatches in the museum gift shop. Fleming showcases Penny's precocious thinking while Rohmann's digitally colored art is deftly outlined in velvety smooth black pencil strokes, giving a delicate texture to this endearing story. VERDICT An imaginative story that is sure to have young readers longing for their own extraordinary dinosaur adventure, while arranging their next trip to a museum. A must-have for every library's picture book collection.—Lyn Smith - Copyright 2023 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 06/01/2023 Penny gazes in wonder at an enormous brontosaurus skeleton at the natural history museum. While everyone else is distracted, Penny notices an egg wiggling in the corner of the display, and to her astonishment, a tiny dinosaur wriggles free. Imprinted on Penny, the baby brontosaurus scampers behind her through the museum. In the lunchroom, the newly christened Pip begs adorably for scraps. Penny realizes he needs looking after, but how to smuggle him out? The problem is solved when Pip pokes his head out from a pile of stuffed animals in the gift shop: Penny pays for her “toy” and simply walks out with her new dinosaur friend in her arms. The charming premise is delightfully carried out, with Penny as a kind, clever protagonist and Pip as a darling, daring accomplice. The attractive illustrations capture the vastness of museum halls along with the adorable intimacy of the burgeoning friendship, and they’re sure to have readers dreaming of their own dinosaur companions. A trip to a museum well worth taking. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.

Booklist - 06/15/2023 Penny gazes in wonder at an enormous brontosaurus skeleton at the natural history museum. While everyone else is distracted, Penny notices an egg wiggling in the corner of the display, and to her astonishment, a tiny dinosaur wriggles free. Imprinted on Penny, the baby brontosaurus scampers behind her through the museum. In the lunchroom, the newly christened Pip begs adorably for scraps. Penny realizes he needs looking after, but how to smuggle him out? The problem is solved when Pip pokes his head out from a pile of stuffed animals in the gift shop: Penny pays for her “toy” and simply walks out with her new dinosaur friend in her arms. The charming premise is delightfully carried out, with Penny as a kind, clever protagonist and Pip as a darling, daring accomplice. The attractive illustrations capture the vastness of museum halls along with the adorable intimacy of the burgeoning friendship, and they’re sure to have readers dreaming of their own dinosaur companions. A trip to a museum well worth taking. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.