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真希望養一隻恐龍啊！

小女孩想養寵物。貓，已經有了；狗狗，不愛；金魚，會弄得濕答答的，算了；天竺鼠，考慮考慮…最好是能跟房子一樣大…，ㄟ，那就是恐龍啦！恐龍可以載我去上學，小朋友看到一定驚訝又羨慕；牠還可以跟我一起學數數和認字，老師一定會稱讚牠怎麼這聰明。要是口渴的話，學校的游泳池就是恐龍的大水壺，太酷啦！…不過，這只是夢想，我只有一隻小玩具恐龍，睡吧！正當小女孩熟睡之際，有個大寵物從夢裡跑出來，站在花園裡，伸出頭，探向窗子內的小女孩，看來，夢想實現囉！

A witty and charmingly illustrated bedtime story about a little girl who imagines what it would be like to have a dinosaur of her very own

A little girl dreams of having her very own pet. But what kind of animal would make the best companion? A mouse is too small, a cat is too ordinary, and a fish is too . . . wet! As she plays with her toy dinosaur, inspiration strikes. What about a real, live dinosaur? She could ride it to school. It would need lots of food to eat, a swimming pool to drink from, and a dino flap so it could come and go!

At the end of a day spent busily imagining, the girl trudges up to bed with her little plastic dinosaur. As she falls asleep, the dinosaur from her daydreams stands in the garden with its head poking through the bedroom window, making her dreams come true.

With playful illustrations, If I Had a Dinosaur is a charming, witty, rhyming story celebrating the power of a child’s imagination.

About the Author

Gabby Dawnay is a writer and poet. She is a regular contributor to OKIDO magazine and a scriptwriter for children’s television.

About the Illustrator

Alex Barrow is a London-based illustrator. He is the art director for and a regular contributor to OKIDO magazine.