The Surprise Prize by Anita Yasuda

The Surprise Prize
Anita Yasuda
Illustrated by Steve Harpster 

Sara the Triceratops is excited to eat her Dino Delights cereal.  If she saves enough box tops she can get a prize.  Sara and her friends Dot the Diploddocus, Cory the Corythosaurus the TY the T. Rex all have fun guessing what the prize can be.  Is it a balloon, a car, or a boat that they could use to travel on adventures?  What could it be?  Sara decides it is simply a mystery.  She eats the Dino Delights cereal for meals and snacks.  She is eager to get her prize.  The day finally arrives when she has enough box tops saved.  She sends away for the prize and waits.  When the truck arrives with the box containing her surprise she calls her friends.  Dot, Cory and TY all stand around the box as Sara opens it.  To her astonishment it contains many boxes of Dino Delights Cereal!  Although Sara cannot bear to eat one more piece of Dino Delight cereal she chooses to be thankful.  She gladly shares the boxes of cereal with her friends.  This book contains a parent page for tips on how to get the most out of the book.  Tips include ways to help your child with compression, reading with expression, discussions on character and plot and much more.  The end page has a glossary of words and total of words contained in this book.

I received this book free from the publishers in exchange for my honest review.