Dinos That Drive

Name: Dinos That Drive
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Suzy Levinson
ISBN: 9781770495012

Author: Suzy Levinson

Narrator: Alex Wall

Unabridged: 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tundra Books

Published: 09/30/2025

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Poetry

Synopsis

Buckle up for a raptor race, train-faring Titanosaurs and (gulp) a taxi-driving T. rex in this hilariously whirlwind poetry collection for fans of Richard Scarry and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site!

You've never seen a dinosaur that's into driving cars? Well, buckle up! Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Pterodactyl and T. rex are all here to show off their driving, flying and diving skills in this riotous book of poems about dinosaurs and their favorite things-that-go! From flighty Bambiraptor's traffic chopper to hardheaded Pachycephalosaurus's garbage truck to mama Maiasaura's kid-carting minivan, and even to the stars beyond — these dinos on the go have no time to slow down.

About The Author

SUZY LEVINSON is a children's author and poet. Originally from Massachusetts, she now lives in New York with her husband and their most excellent cat. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, including Highlights and Cricket. Her critically acclaimed debut picture book, Animals in Pants, was published in 2023.DUSTIN HARBIN is a cartoonist and comic illustrator. Best known for his Diary Comics series published by Koyama Press, and his lushly illustrated Behold, The Dinosaurs! fold-out concertina published by Nobrow Press, he's also published numerous of his own comics himself, both in print and online.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on May 18, 2025

Vehicles + Dinosaurs = a total win with kids! This book is a delightful collection of bouncy, silly dinosaur poems interspersed with engaging fun facts about the dinosaurs themselves.......more

Goodreads review by Jan on July 20, 2025

This book is so much fun! All kinds of vehicles and each driven by a dinosaur but the explanations/stories are driven by fun poetry! each page is filled with illustrations that, while reminiscent of Richard Scary or Where's Waldo, are made so much more fun by the thought balloons that talk about the......more

Goodreads review by Carlina on February 13, 2025

I want to say thank you from the bottom of heart and my boys to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me and my boys the privilege of getting to read an ARC of this book! My dino and car loving boys absolutely adored this book! They laughed out loud to so many of the poems and the lit......more

Goodreads review by The Page Ladies on November 13, 2025

Dinosaurs driving cars? Sure. Dinosaurs flying helicopters? Absolutely. Dinosaurs piloting…whatever that Pachycephalosaurus is doing with that garbage truck? Count me in. From the moment I opened the book, it felt like being dropped into a prehistoric traffic jam where everyone is thrilled to be ther......more

Goodreads review by Kay on June 24, 2025

Overall: 4.5🌟 Plot: 4.5📍 Illustrations: 4🖌️ Laughter: 3😂 Mom's Review: (Still to come.) "A's" Review I LOVED IT!!! 😂 "C's" Review: "It was a cheesy time!" (We're still determining what that means! Dad's Review: I thought this was great! I loved all the facts about the dinosaurs. (Full Traveling Book Family r......more

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A Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators 2026 Crystal Kite Honor Book, New York Chapter
A 2026 White Ravens Selection
One of the Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids of 2025
One of Poets.org's 2025 Featured Fall Books for Young Readers
A Children's Book Review Best Picture Book of 2025

"Dinosaurs and modern vehicles?! What’s impossible in real life, because — well, duh: extinction! — becomes an irresistible combination in Suzy Levinson’s latest collection of poetry. Her witty verses rife with wordplay reveal that these reptiles are just as fascinated by cars, trucks, trams and planes as a lot of humans. . . . Cartoonist Dustin Harbin clearly enjoys transforming the dynamic poems into colourful comical pictures that are full of movement, (e)motion and monstrous fun. Small dinosaur-and-car-enthusiasts will discover a myriad of entertaining details and witty asides and even learn some facts along the way." —The White Ravens

"Clever, varied verses set a jaunty beat while offering colorful commentary on the action . . . Readers meet not only well-known dinos but also Trachodon, Aquilops (one of whom uses a wheelchair), Tuarangisaurus, and others. The entertaining, Richard Scarry–inflected art is colorful and busy, with many small details repaying scrutiny — newspaper vending machines, volcanic explosions, and more — and driving youngsters to repeat reading. A delightful combo of fun and facts about reptiles on the road." —Kirkus Reviews

"Big, busy cartoon illustrations put exhilarated-looking dinosaurs at the controls of race cars, motorcycles, trains, helicopters, and a great variety of other vehicles to reflect Levinson’s bouncy, free-spirited rhymes . . . A dino-delight." —Booklist

"Dinos That Drive is the most fun I've had with a book in ages! Levinson's hilarious poems are pitch-perfect, and Harbin's gleeful illustrations will have you poring over every detail again and again!" —Kenn Nesbitt, former Children's Poet Laureate, author of More Bears! and Revenge of the Lunch Ladies

"A crowd-pleasing book of clever poems full of dino facts and fun!" —Diana Murray, author of Dinosaur Day from the best-selling Unicorn Day series

"Dinosaurs that drive race cars? Who knew? And riverboats and rocket ships, too? Suzy Levinson brings us a roaring new collection of Jurassic rhymes that reveal the truth (at least according to Suzy) about how our dinosaur friends actually got around town!" —D.J. Steinberg, best-selling author of the Here I Come! series

"Levinson is a master of rhyme, repetition, rhythm, alliteration, and wordplay — often combined in the same short and clever poem. If you took Shel Silverstein and Richard Scarry and had them create a book about dinosaurs, it would be Dinos That Drive!" —Janet Wong, Winner of the NCTE Excellence in Poetry for Children Award