Horrible Holly's Pet Raptor

A funny and wonderfully illustrated book for toddlers and young grade schoolers. With all due respect to the previous reviewer, there is a place for children's books that promote "healing and reconciliation," and a place for those that engage young readers simply by being silly and even slightly naughty fun. My three-year-old understands the satire of a little girl whose behavior is so horrible that a carnivorous dinosaur takes her place...and nobody notices! She doesn't for a minute believe that it's true, and it actually stimulates discussion on the consequences of being naughty. It isn't uplifting or literary, but it's fun to read at bedtime, and sometimes that's enough.