Having a real, tame dinosaur living in your house with you might well sound like a dream come true for many preschoolers – but what exactly would it involve in terms of effort on the part of the human beings involved? This brilliantly funny book, written and illustrated by Jason Cockcroft (best known for his iconic Harry Potter covers), sets out to answer that question.

让一只真正驯服的恐龙和你一起住在你的房子里，听起来可能就像许多学龄前儿童梦想成真一样——但是这究竟会涉及到人类的哪些努力呢？这本杰森 · 考克罗夫特(Jason Cockcroft)编写并配图的精彩有趣的书(最著名的是他标志性的《哈利 · 波特》封面)就是为了回答这个问题。

When a surprisingly cute prehistoric creature is delivered – albeit as yet unhatched – to a small boy’s doorstep, he needs to learn how to take care of his new chum properly. From finding the right food, to making sure it gets enough exercise (not to mention dealing with its extremely generously sized, erm, ‘business’), there’s an awful lot to think about.

当一个令人惊讶的可爱的史前生物被送到一个小男孩的家门口，虽然还没有孵化，他需要学习如何照顾他的新朋友。从寻找合适的食物，到确保它得到足够的锻炼(更不用说处理它极其慷慨的大小，嗯，“业务”) ，有很多可以考虑的。

Cockcroft’s warm and lively illustrations capture the joy that certainly comes with having a pet – but his words subtly underline the responsibilities that are attached to the relationship, too.

考克罗夫特温暖而生动的插图捕捉到了养宠物带来的快乐——但他的话也微妙地强调了这段关系所带来的责任。

As an added bonus, How to Look After Your Dinosaur also comes with a free ‘Stories Aloud’ audio reading of the story – just scan the QR code on the inside of the front cover to listen along.

作为额外的奖励，如何照顾你的恐龙还提供了一个免费的“故事朗读”的音频阅读的故事-只需扫描二维码的封面内侧一起听。

Jason Cockcroft

杰森 · 考克罗夫特

Jason Cockcroft was born in New Zealand, and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He graduated from Falmouth School of Art. He is the illustrator and author of over forty books for children, and he illustrated covers for the last three books in the Harry Potter series.

杰森 · 考克罗夫特出生于新西兰，在西约克郡的利兹长大。他毕业于法尔茅斯艺术学院。他是儿童书籍的插图画家和作者，他还为美国哈利·波特协会最后三本书的封面插图。

Jason has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway award and he won the inaugural Blue Peter Book Award. He is also an accomplished watercolour artist and portrait painter.

杰森已被提名为凯特格林威奖，他赢得了首届蓝皮特图书奖。他也是一个有成就的水彩画家和肖像画家。

When he’s not drawing and painting, he’s usually drinking tea and staring out of the window at nothing in particular. He’s very happy to live in a beautiful city that sounds like church bells, smells like chocolate and is invaded by Vikings all year round.

当他不画画的时候，他通常是喝茶，盯着窗外，没有什么特别的。他很高兴能够生活在一个美丽的城市，这个城市听起来像教堂的钟声，闻起来像巧克力，一年四季都有维京人入侵。