Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
by: Richler, Mordecai

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Norman Eyolfson. The trouble starts when Jacob Two-Two's father brings home a little green lizard from abroad. Unfortunately, the little lizard grows into a huge dinosaur, as fat as an elephant, as tall as a giraffe, and with a huge appetite. When Dippy is threatened, he and Jacob take to the road.