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Reviewed by Karen Tolentino for Readers' Favorite
Dinofloria: A Prehistoric Fantasy by Kevin Wakefield is a remarkable collection of illustrated poems that gives voices to the creatures and plants of the prehistoric era. Each menagerie of the dinosaurs, insects, and flora has a poem that is narrated in the first person—an armored Ankylosaurus standing guard on a war-torn battlefield, a Triceratops proudly defending its hilltop kingdom, a duck-billed dinosaur catching a scent of danger on the wind, a lurking Spinosaurus fishing in the shallows, a scavenger biding its time for scraps, and even a carnivorous plant luring prey into its "cracking shell.” Through this chorus of voices, readers move across battlefields, swamps, canyons, and jungles, discovering how each creature survives through strength, stealth, camouflage, or cunning. The collection closes on a fittingly fierce note with a raging predator claiming its kingdom, before a quiet, otherworldly bloom draws the book to an eerie, satisfying finish.
Kevin Wakefield is a professional painter whose work has hung in Florida's science museums. He brings a fine artist's eye to every spread. The illustrations are lush, richly colored, and often disguise their dinosaur subjects amid flowers and foliage in ways that mirror the poems' themes of hiding, mimicry, and disguise. His verse has an energetic, sing-song cadence that makes each poem satisfying to read aloud while teaching young readers about predator-and-prey relationships, camouflage, and the food chain without ever feeling like a lecture. It also has an emotional range, swinging from playful and whimsical to a little menacing. It captures both the wonder and the danger of prehistoric life. Dinofloria: A Prehistoric Fantasy is an inventive, beautifully rendered book that will appeal to dinosaur-loving kids and art-loving parents alike, and it rewards return visits as you catch details hidden in every illustration.
