Cookiesaurus Rex

by Amy Fellner Dominy, Nate Evans

As soon as Cookiesaurus Rex comes out of the oven, he declares that he is King of All Cookies. He should be frosted before all of the standard-shaped cookies, in a nice bright green. But the other cookies are getting sprinkles, or shiny stars, or even gumdrops . . . WAIT ONE STINKIN' STOMPIN' MINUTE! Cookiesaurus wants a do-over. Problem is, he might not end up with the kind of "do" he wants. Readers will love the funny back-and-forth between this cheeky cookie and the hand that frosts him. See who gets his licks in at the end!

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Humor, Food, Storytime, Fiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Hi! I write contemporary books for kids and teens and anyone who loves adventure, nature, laughter and a bit of magic. Coming in 2026: MONSTER DOWN DEEP, a middle grade adventure and A HOUSE WITH NO DOOR, a picture book about the harvest holiday of Sukkot. For news, giveaways and sneak peeks, sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.amydominy.com/newsletter. Thanks for following me here!

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming

[Brenda Lower · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable. Hilarious. Simply awesome. Loved it. Now I want to do a cookie story time.

[Jessica White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amy Fellner Dominy hosted an Instagram giveaway where I snagged a copy of this book!
It grabbed my attention by combining two of my nephew's favorite things....cookies and dinosaurs! Yes, I will be sending him this adorable little book for Christmas but I'm honestly considering buying him a copy of Cookiesaurus Christmas because THAT'S HOW STINKIN' CUTE THIS BOOK IS.

Now, it's a board book for toddlers but I'm still going to review the content!
Cookiesaurus Rex is about a dinosaur cookie who is getting a new outfit made of icing. But once he notices his friends are getting sprinkles and candies and icing, he wants it too! He doesn't want to just be a green dinosaur! He wants a top hat, a candy cloak, a king's crown, he wants it all!

Super short, cute read for lil babies. Can't wait to share this with my nephew!!

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I read this to several kindergarten classes this morning, much hilarity ensued.

[Cecelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an occasional baker and a fan of children's books, I knew I had to check out this picture book. It is only September (and not even chilly out yet!), but I'm already thinking about the winter holidays, frosting cookies, and warm mugs of chocolate and cider. If you bake and will have any small children at hand this winter, Amy Fellner Dominy and Nate Evans’ picture book Cookiesaurus Rex, illustrated by A.G. Ford is a fun read-aloud pick.

Cookiesaurus Rex is looking forward to be decorated, but that excitement quickly turns to frustration when he sees his fellow cookies decorated with stars and sprinkles while he only has simple green icing and a black top hat. So Cookiesaurus decides to go rogue – except he doesn't get quite the revenge he wanted. He's decorated as a dinosaur ballerina, a duck, a baby (complete with chocolate chip poo!) instead. In between those episodes he decorates himself as a ninja and a superhero, only for it all to be wiped away. In the end he goes hog wild with decorations and declares himself the King of All Cookies - but there's a catch!

Cookiesaurus Rex is engaging and silly fun, with a cookie main character full of attitude. The dialogue will make kids laugh and adults smile, and the content (and ideas for decoration) would make it the perfect complement or preview to a cookie decorating session. In fact, I was inspired to buy a T. Rex cookie cutter myself and try my hand at recreating some of Cookiesaurus' looks. Unfortunately, I didn't use icing tools so it ended up a little sloppy!

Of course, you don't have to wait for winter to have a cookie-baking and -decorating session, and there's no hint of holiday affiliation in the book itself, so this title works for everyone and year-round fun. Cookiesaurus' antics are sure to amuse and inspire all who read the book.

In all, Cookiesaurus Rex is a fun, sassy picture book suitable for all ages, and especially for bakers and their minions.

Recommended for: fans of baking, cookies, dinosaurs and dialogue-heavy picture books (the ones you do voices with!).

[☕️Kimberly (Caffeinated Reviewer) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cookiesaurus Rex written by Amy Fellner Dominy and Nate Evans was an absolute winner with the Royals (Sophia, almost three and Clayton, one) Illustrations by A.G. Ford bring this colorful and silly story to life. The story explores the creative designs of a cookie decorator and a determined dinosaur cookie. A back and forth battle begins when Rex realizes other cookies are getting stars, gummies, and sprinkles. Giggles quickly ensued. Admittedly even Noona laughed when a silly moment happened involving chocolate chips. I love that after a few reads, Sophia was able to read the story to me.

Cookiesaurus Rex is the perfect read for a small group or merely cuddling with your child.

Copy provided by the publisher. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer

[Gmr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Readers of all ages will be ROARing with delight as we see our growly friend go from dignified top hat wearing dino to a ballerina, a clown, and a few things in-between. The funniest to me? The baby...and what the illustrator does with those requested chocolate chips, BAHAHAHAHA! As the story progresses, Cookisaurus Rex is determined to get exactly what he wishes...but, um, yeah...while it's filled to the brim with humor, it DOES remind us why we should always be ever so careful what we wish for...*gulp*...and always remember NOT to bite the hand that feeds us...or decorates us.



**copy received for review

[Kelley · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the illustrations were clever and well-done, I didn't particularly like the story. The main character is pretty selfish and greedy, but he doesn't appear to learn a lesson or change his behavior.

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

A dinosaur cookie is not satisfied with his maker and wants the full cookie decorating treatment. This book has kid-movie-funny text and illustrations. The kid appeal is high. Love the clever puns.

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was really fun, with some clever sight gags.

There is probably also some sort of lesson about the pitfalls of self-aggrandizement.

[Boni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny, but maybe a bit too stretched out (for example, Claymates was very similar but didn’t feel quite as one-note....I will have to re-read that one in comparison). The ending felt contrived for a sequel...we EAT cookies, we don’t just lick them and leave them there. Comeuppance averted so Rex can return was a bit of a let-down.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A dinosaur cookie wants to be decorated with more embelishments and works hard to convince the decorator to do so. Funny. Preschool and up

[Carrie Charley Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

After just making cut-out cookies with my grown daughter, this was the perfect way to end our day. I imagine that this story will elicit lots of baking and decorating desires after reading, as well! It's fun to think about a big, bad, bossy T-Rex wanting sprinkles and sparkles and struggling to stay in control as the decorator creates. Although we never really find out the gender of the decorator, I generalize to "him" because the illustrator is a male. A.G. Ford's illustrations are so much fun and I wondered how much hands-on cookie research he completed to create such realistic cookies. They really do look delicious and as if a he had studied a master-cookie-decorator! The all-dialogue text and use of speech bubbles will prompt some super fun writing at the early primary levels. It will be helpful for young students to dig deep into their schema and access past experiences that deal with the underlying themes of jealousy, dashed pre-conceived expectations, and greed. The story is written almost exclusively in the voice of T-Rex, with little character interaction. He reacts to what the hidden decorator is doing throughout the story and the other characters are bystanders. The illustrations show alternate cookie-character reactions (facial expressions) to T-Rex and it would be fun to discuss what the characters are thinking. Near the end of the story, T-Rex notices that the other cookies are looking at him. Two alternate cookies have one speech bubble each, which are colored the same as T-Rex's speech bubbles throughout the story. For young readers, a distinction in color would have been helpful, even as a read-aloud. But, the play on words cannot be denied and is an amusing way to end the story.

This light tale greets the deeper theme of jealousy with humor and will be a fun read aloud.

I received a review copy of this book from Disney-Hyperion in exchange for an honest review.

[Bethany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received and AR copy for an honest review.

COOKIESAURUS REX is a light, comedic read for children that involves decorating cookies, like a dinosaur, a dog, and a horse.

Cookiesaurus Rex is the self-proclaimed King of All Cookies. Therefore, he deserves the best decorations that are available. When he sees other cookies being decorated fancier than him with stars, sprinkles, and gum drops, he gets jealous and tries to take matters into his own hands.

Cookiesaurus Rex turns himself into fun things, such as a superhero and a ninja. The child/decorator counters it by turning him into a clown and other funny things. It was entertaining to see what Cookiesaurus Rex would become next. It's the cookie form of dress up.


Final Verdict: This was an original read all about cookie fun and decorating. It's perfect for children 4 and older and something I could see being read while baking cookies to make it more interesting. Parents and children can bake their own Cookiesaurus Rex after reading it. I give it an easy 4.5 stars for illustrations and plot.

[Meg - A Bookish Affair · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. "Cookiesaurus Rex" is the story of the biggest, baddest cookie of them all. Cookiesaurus Rex is a cookie shaped like a t-rex. All Cookiesaurus wants is frosting befitting his self-styled moniker: king of all the cookies. This is a funny book with great illustrations all about a little cookie with a bad attitude.

Cookiesaurus begs to be decorated ferociously while the decorator decorates him as everything from a ballerina to a clown. My girls and I giggled at Cookiesaurus's hijinks. This was a really fun book that my whole family enjoyed! We'll definitely think of all of our future cookie decorating endeavors in a very different way.

The illustrations in this book are great! My girls are really into dinosaurs and they got a kick out of seeing Cookiesaurus dressed up all sorts of different ways. This was a fun read!

[Sandie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book was adorably hilarious!! It is about a dinosaur cookie who wants to get decorated and is very pleased with his green icing and top hat until he sees the other cookies getting sprinkles and stars and gumdrops and he wants it all as well....he is a very greedy dinosaur and not very easy to please.
If you are looking for a moral to the story kind of book this isn't it. This cookie doesn't learn to say please or be kind, he is a bratty little cookie until the very end. But if you can just look past that and read the story just as it was intended, it is funny! The little puns and jokes are great! Kids love it, colorful, funny, pick a fun read out loud voice and treat your kids, they will love it!

[Gail Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading Cookiesaurus Rex by Dominy & Evans, illustrated by Ford, reminded me of gingerbread man cookie decorating party I went to a few years ago. Never mind we were all well into adulthood—we had a kick decorating our cookies. This book also made me yearn to be back in the classroom—the fun we could have reading this book! As with all good picturebooks, one cannot separate the written from the pictorial—The expressions Ford gives the cookies, particularly Cookiesaurus Rex, is simply priceless. I’ll admit, though, my favorite is right after CR demands, “I want chocolate chips!” I don’t think what CR got is what CR wanted!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an adorable story. This Dino had such a TUDE. He wanted to be something worthy of a king of cookies. One of my favorite things that books like this do is talk to the reader. That is what Mr. Dino does. The ending to the book is great too. This would be fabulous for a storytime, and the craft they could decorate their own dinosaur cookies. The pictures are awesome and the story is not too wordy.

[Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is brilliantly written, laugh out for readers of all ages! I love it when picture books have humor for the whole family. You know what would be perfect with this story, a plate of cookies! Mixed in with the nonstop laughs, this book will definitely make you look at cookie decorating in a whole new way. Now I want to go make dinosaur cookies.....

FULL REVIEW http://mundiekids.blogspot.com/2017/1...

[Maura · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 4 year old absolutely loves this book - we had it out from the library for 6 weeks and he happily had it read to him at least every other night during that time, and more than that. Even after so many readings, he would still crack up. The first time we read it, he laughed so hard that tears fell down his face -- I actually don't think there is any other book that made him laugh so much. Highly recommended!

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did you ever think a cookie would sass you? This cookie does. It’s decorating time and he gets to be a nice dino green. But then he sees the others getting gumdrop noses, sparkly stars, and wants to be more special than each of them. He demands a change, but his artist starts playing with how these changes take place. This is a tongue in cheek book that will have kids and adults alike laughing.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cookie Dino who wants to be decorated his own away, and isn't afraid to take the icing and do it himself. Of course, the human just outside the picture has other ideas that he doesn't agree with.
You would expect this to end with the cookie being eaten, but no worries. Cookiesaurus Rex is just licked clean.

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm sure it's meant to be hilarious, but I couldn't appreciate it. The dinosaur acts rude and entitled when the other cookies get "better" decorations, but then the human is even worse: intentionally decorating the dinosaur in ways he considers demeaning, eventually leaving him naked and exposed. The dinosaur is left angry but helpless.

[Joan Arbogast · Rating 4 out of 5]

Poor Cookiesaurus. He feels slighted at first with his blase frosting only to be humiliated with hilarious alternative decorations. Preschoolers will roar with laughter as his appearance is altered again and again. And the ending leads you to believe this isn't the end of Cookiesaurus's troubles.

[Smschade · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an engaging children's book about something that is loved by kids and adults, frosting cookies! It's unique that the dino cookie with the big personality is the main character and moves the story. A fun read-aloud book!

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This playful book is about a dinosaur shaped cookie that believes he is more important than the regularly shaped cookies. He demands to be frosted and decorated first but realizes that all the other cookies are getting sprinkles and designs and he feels less special.

[Spinster · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute premise and my kids love this book (particularly the chocolate chips). HOWEVER I personally despise children's books that are written as a kind of monologue. I find them unpleasant to read, especially if your kids want you to read the same book every night for weeks at a time.

[Tamera Norwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A charmingly narcissistic cookie demands the respect and attention the thinks he deserves. Its a funny story, with a gentle lesson about being bossy. The illustrations are very funny, and one in particular
never fails to make both children and adults laugh (you'll know it when you see it).

[Mrs Heet -Librarian · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was looking for a book for a toddler story time, and this would be difficult to use. It is told through word bubbles from the dinosaur. I didn't like the use of stupid or that he hates being turned into a ballerina.

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to my first graders and they thought it was hilarious. This wasn't a long book and held their attention for the entire book. The illustrations went well with the story. This is also an AR book for anyone who might want to know. I would recommend this book to others.