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hsquared's review
4.0
Although Trog has the best toys a cave boy could wish for—a stick, a rock, and plenty of mud—what he really wants is a puppy.He sets off to find one, but the scaly, spiny-backed beast he brings home looks suspiciously more reptilian than canine. Puppies are notorious for chewing issues, but Trog’s pet with its mouthful of sharp teeth takes chewing to a whole new level, munching and chomping through all the rock and stone in Trog’s family cave. Even worse, the creature is clearly unhappy, crying for its parent no matter how Trog tries to distract it—a parent that’s even larger and more destructive than Trog’s pet. Both the text and the cartoonish pencil and digital artwork aim for laughs, and are sure to get them with gags like Trog’s parents pointing out the bad poopy on the cave floor. The simple text with plenty of onomatopoeia and speech bubbles make this excellent for dramatic read alouds or independent beginning readers. Give this to fans of James Marshall, Mo Willems, and other funny picture book authors for plenty of laugh-out-loud fun.
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