Family story time
Laugh together and talk about better dinnertime choices.
📚 Bring home the fun
A silly story about dinnertime manners, filled with stomping, roaring, spills, surprises, and better choices.

When You Take a Dinosaur to Dinner
Jimmie quickly learns that inviting dinosaurs to a restaurant may lead to stomping, chair-wiggling, flying forks, spilled food, loud roars, and one very tired waiter.
With Jimmie’s gentle help, the dinosaurs begin learning how a true MANNERsaurus behaves.
A fun read-aloud
Ideal for family reading, classrooms, libraries, book signings, and manners lessons.
Laugh together and talk about better dinnertime choices.
Connect the story to kindness, patience, listening, and respect.
A memorable pick for children who love dinosaurs and funny stories.
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Another MANNERsaurus adventure is stomping in soon with school-themed manners and classroom laughs.