Jacob TwoTwo and the Dinosaur Author:Mordecai Richler When his parents return from Kenya with a cute little green lizard on his eighth birthday (he’s two times two times two), Jacob Two-Two is thrilled. But it isn’t long before Jacob realizes that his new pet Dippy isn’t a lizard after all. And as months pass, it is apparent Dippy isn’t so little either. Soon Dippy is attrac... more »ting all sorts of unwanted attention and before he knows it, Jacob is on the run from the Canadian government with a full-grown dinosaur to hide.
My 10-year-old grandson, Simon, loves the Jacob Two-Two television program. When I told him it was based on a real series of books, he begged me to get them for him. Now he can't wait for the next book to arrive.