T. Rex Time Machine

After stumbling upon a time machine and hurtling into the future, two tyrannosaurs arrive at a Burger Town drive-through window and discover not only that "the food comes to us!" but also "food is everywhere!" Pizza, tacos, submarine sandwiches, microwaveable noodles, and smartphones to order it all--the dinosaurs are in heaven. The populace, however, is not, and before long, the cops show up with a megaphone and demand the dinosaurs put their "tiny, baby hands in the air." With the police on their tails, the two hurry through a doughnut festival and back to the time machine, only to realize that they don't know how it works. A smartphone's mobile assistant comes to the rescue, sending the dinos to another era. With paneled illustrations and speech bubbles, Chapman (Fruits in Suits) fully exploits this wacky, if sometimes internal-logic-defying premise to bring hungry dinosaurs into today's glorious pizza-filled reality. Ages 3-5. Agent: Rebecca Sherman, Writers House. (Sept.)