G'day, parents, carers, and book week champions. Another year, another frantic scramble through the costume box. You have been here before. The note came home yesterday. The parade is Friday. Your kid has changed their mind six times, and you are rapidly running out of patience and craft supplies. Let me make this easy for you. The dinosaur costume is the ideal animal theme outfit for this book week, and I have got the reasons to prove it. Take a breath, mate. You have got this.
First and most important, dinosaurs are everywhere in children's literature. You cannot walk through the picture book section of any library without tripping over a stegosaurus or a T Rex. There is the classic "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" parody that involves a dinosaur hunt. There is "Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs" for the slightly older readers. There is the glorious "How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?" series that has saved countless bedtime routines from utter chaos. Your child dressing as a dinosaur is
