My four year old said, "5⭐️, I wish Spike and I could be friends in real life. Love the pictures, the whole book is 100% amazing, I could read it every day"

They especially loved the TARDIS-like picture. The artwork was cute, the story was perfect for their age (they're a curious, dinosaur, science, book lover.

Overall: 5 🌟
Smiles: 4 😂
Plot: 4.5📍
Illustrations: 5🖌️

"Mom's" Review:
This was just stinkin' adorable!

Beautiful illustrations, sweet storyline, the illustrations had fantastic little hidden details! The Traveling Book Fam loved this one! The kiddos grasped the concept of every one having their strengths and how working together highlights everyone's talents for a better outcome immediately!

0.5 off for me only because the math while it looked great was mostly gibberish! 😆 I know,I know! It's for the kids, but I would have loved a little Easter Egg of actual aerospace calculations.

Dad's Review:
Really good little book for the girls (who love dinosaurs!). Funnily enough everyone's favorite dinosaur was highlighted however, there's no Brontosaurus anymore (RIP childhood favorites!). The depiction is closer to an Apatosaurus but if you want to stay with the *B* within the sauropods, you could always go with Braciosaurus!

Absolutely amazing alliterations throughout the book's breadth! Definitely going to be rereading this with the girls.

Thank you so much, Andrew Root, Mark Chambers, Lion Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!

This book was a HUGE hit with my dinosaur loving son. He is 9 years old so the writing was a bit too easy for him, but he loved reading it to his little brother who isn't as good with reading yet. The sentences were easy to follow and they loved the comic/graphic novel feel to the book. The pictures were super fun as well! Easy 5 star read for our family!

Thank you Two Lions and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Wonderful book! This is full of colorful, engaging illustrations that kids will love! While the visuals are fantastic, the story can be a bit tricky to follow, as much of the dialogue is packed into busy speech bubbles. My toddler loved looking at the pictures and I loved that this story was themed around STEM and problem solving!

A charming story about a clever dinosaur which will delight kids and make adults laugh out loud. I work in science and, while I am not a dinosaur person (my work involves non-extinct animals), this little book kept me on my toes (a book about dinosaurs facing a big meteor? How will they work it out?). Well, it didn’t disappoint!

In terms of illustrations, I really loved the colour palette and felt like the world was very immersive! Well done!

This is a 5 star for me - perfect for curious little readers who like to learn (and inspiring for those who maybe struggle with their academics!). Very enjoyable!

This was incredibly funny. It caught me right away with the descriptors of the other dinosaurs. The illustrations were very well done, bright and vibrant, and this would be a fantastic read-aloud. It was silly and fun, and I would die for nerdy little Stemosaurus. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read

Spike is a stemosarus. He may not fly, race or have strength but he has brains. Spike is feeling lost while with the other dinosaurs until one day a meteor heads toward their area. They all band together to help solve the problem each using their own strengths. This book is a good discussion starter on talking about what makes everyone unique. The illustrations are cute and will delight any child.

This book was a little too advanced for the intended target audience, but my 11 year old thought it was fantastic!

The illustrations were really fun, and I loved the story of finding your place in the world.

While the story is a cute and fun read, it is important to note that this book would be extremely difficult for children to read with the amount of big words in it. As someone who teaches reading, I know my students would be unable to read this story, and even if having an adult read it to them, they would likely not know what a lot of the words mean, let alone how to read/say them. One word in particular that I don't think needs to be included in a children's book is "voracious". While I get the intent of using big words to fit the storyline of the "educated and smart" dino, the intended audience of the book also needs to be considered, or it can become severely frustrating for children and discourage them from reading if they have a lot of words they cannot read.

Overall, while the concept is great and has an important message, this will have be rated lower due to it not meeting the intended audience's needs. After the official publishing date, this review will be adjusted for any potential changes to the book.

However, the illustrations are very cute and the limited amount of text on each page and its display are perfect for a picture book and making it easy to follow along! The concept is also great, showing kids that everyone has their own strengths and that is A-Okay!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishing company Two Lions for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

I received an ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.

When I saw this adorable cover I absolutely had to read it and nerd out over the cute dinosaurs with my partner.

This is a wonderful little book about how nerds are just as important as everyone else through dinosaur fun.

Absolutely charming and fun!

SO CUTE. I love the illustrations and how the narration is mixed with the arrows and handwriting style of words as well. I like that it also shows everyone is different, and maybe you feel like you want to be those things, but you have your specialties that are great, and sometimes using what you have with your friends can make something amazing! Such a great idea.

This story was a dream for my six year old dinosaur-obsessed son.

The Stemosaurus is hardly the king of the jungle… he isn’t strong like Tyrannosaurus rex, or athletic like the brontosaurus. Little and clever, The Stemosaurus is finding it difficult to find his place in the world… until a ball of fire appears in the sky!

My little boy is very clever, careful and a bit of a worrier. It was so lovely seeing his eyes light up as he related to this book! A celebration of loving learning and being your own wonderful self, this book should be read in classrooms everywhere.

I found this book to be a little more advanced for the indícate age group of 4-8 years. The words used were more suitable for older children. Other than that, my son and I enjoyed it. The illustrations were fantastic! Very engaging and detailed. I loved that a few different dinosaurs were characterized in the book. Overall, a great read!

Stemosaurus by Andrew Root is a delightful dino adventure that blends friendship, fun, and STEM!🦕✨

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Our story begins with an introduction to a group of dino friends, each with their own roarsome talent 🦖🎨🎶🏃‍♂️. Then there's Spike the Stemosaurus — a curious, quiet, and clever little dino 📏📘 who’s a whiz with numbers and a master of invention! 🧠💡

As the dinos play and grow together, Spike spends his time reading 📖, solving math problems ➕➗, and building cool gadgets 🛠️ to try and fit in. But everything changes when a GIGANTIC meteor ☄️ threatens to crash their prehistoric party!

Will Spike use his scientific superpowers to save the day? 🧪🚀 Or will he hide in the shadows? 👀

This story is a dino-mite way to show kids how STEM is cool 🤓 and that everyone has their own unique gifts to share with the world 🌍💞. Me and my kiddo absolutely LOVED it! 🥰👩‍👦

Perfect for inspiring little scientists and inventors everywhere! 🔍🧬🎉

Stemosaurus is a charming and clever picture book that celebrates curiosity, creativity, and the power of STEM. Young readers will love Spike—a small, quiet dinosaur with a big imagination—who uses his love of science and invention to help his dino friends when danger comes their way. With playful illustrations and an inspiring message, this story shows that brains can save the day, and even the smallest dino can make a huge difference. A fun and empowering read for budding inventors and dino lovers alike!

Stemosaurus is a cute, fun story to encourage and expose kids to STEM but I feel like it missed the mark for me. It might be a personal preference, but I really struggle when multiple speech bubbles are present throughout the book that don't flow directly into the story. This tactic really takes away from the reading and then I'm trying to figure out which to read first to my son, the captions or the print. Speech bubbles were on every single page in the book but also added plot points that needed to be read for the overall story so you couldn't skip them, just had to figure out if they should be read before, during, or after the usual text....the flow also changed on every page on when this should be read. Overall, I thought it was a really cute premise that would engage kids if it were done in a different manner.

It's no secret that kids LOVE dinosaurs, so it's no question that many kids will absolutely ADORE this book. Additionally, this book brings something new to the realm of kids' books about dinosaurs: a nerdy dino! It's awesome that the author decided to create a lovable dinosaur that goes against the norm of big, strong, and scary. I believe that the Stemosaurus character will allow little ones that don't fit into the norm to feel seen and valued, just as Spike did. Lastly, the plot was well-organized, and clearly well-thought-out. The story flowed flawlessly, and every bit of it was just so, so clever. Bravo!

I really like how colorful the artwork is! I was impressed with how simple, but effective the storyline is. I also really liked that it had lots of bigger words that could open up a conversation about them and then could lead to science topics.

This was very cute! It had a great message about everyone’s different strengths, and of course, featured dinosaurs!
I think this would also be a great vocabulary builder book!

Netgalley ARC - 3.5 stars. A quick and relatively simple story that aims to showcase our main characters curiousity and talents in STEM. I think it was missing an element of the story or maybe just a bit of pizzazz.