“This is the best way to find out everything about pre-history mixed in with a nighttime adventure and beautiful paintings that make it all believable.”

American Bookseller

“Sights, sounds, and animal characteristics of each period are described with vividness and precision.  Nolan’s paintings are both dreamy and realistic, with richly modulated colors and dramatic perspectives.  As fun as it is informative, this book is a dinosaur lover’s delight.”

Booklist

“Wilbur decides to lead his new friend back to the Jurassic period.  Their journey, illuminated by exquisitely rendered illustrations, covers 136 million years of history about as quickly and imaginatively as possible.”

Newsweek

“In this superb fantasy, a boy is awakened by a baby dinosaur tapping on his windowpane.  They meet in the moonlight and together make a long thrilling journey back through time, back a hundred forty million years, to the Jurassic period, when dinosaurs roamed a new-minted world.   The illustrations have a serene beauty; this is truly a marvelous book.”

New Yorker

“Talk about the odd couple: this sweetly written captivation picture book limns the camaraderie between dinosaur enthusiast Wilbur and Gideon, an escapee from the Jurassic period.  In an appealing twist, the intrepid lad proves more courageous than the dinosaur.  So deftly does the author build this relationship during their arduous journey that children - and adults as well - may blink back a tear when the two friends finally part.  Wilbur is a modern hero, without a hint of precocity in manner or appearance, and red-eyed Gideon ranks with the best of animal creations.  No bones about it, this is a real charmer.”

Publisher’s Weekly