The friend­ly, over­sized dinosaur from Dinosaur on Hanukkah and Dinosaur on Passover, returns to cel­e­brate Shab­bat with a young boy and his con­tem­po­rary fam­i­ly. In sil­ly, rhyming text, Dino tries to help with Shab­bat prepa­ra­tions: set­ting the table, light­ing the can­dles, pour­ing the wine, and bless­ing the chal­lah. He also joins the fam­i­ly in the syn­a­gogue on Shab­bat morn­ing and par­tic­i­pates in Hav­dalah. As in the past, his size, enthu­si­asm, and clum­si­ness cre­ate hav­oc, but ​“when Shab­bat is over Dino leaves with­out a fuss. But I know next Fri­day he’ll be back to share Shab­bat with us.” The illus­tra­tions com­ple­ment the fun and cheery mood of the text, but are a bit incon­sis­tent. For exam­ple, the text refers to a white table­cloth while the illus­tra­tion appears in blue, and Dino some­times wears a base­ball cap but at oth­er times (like in syn­a­gogue) his head is bare. A brief end note explains Shab­bat, how­ev­er, there would be added val­ue if it includ­ed the lyrics and music to ​“The Dinosaur Song” (There’s a dinosaur knock­ing at my door, knock­ing one, two, three…there’s a dinosaur knock­ing at my door and he wants to spend Shab­bat with me…) — a nat­ur­al pair­ing for a preschool sto­ry­time pro­gram. For ages 3 – 5.