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kelleemoye's review against another edition
4.0
Don’t ask a dinosaur what he thinks about this book! Unless he says it is awesome, funny, and informative. Then ask him, and trust his answer.
I was introduced to Esenwine’s work when I read Flashlight Night, and I was immediately impressed with his work–he just had a way with words! While this picture book is quite different, it is not going to let Esenwine fans down. It for sure didn’t let Trent down; he already has had us read this multiple times with different questions each time we read. He also thinks it is hilarious, finding something silly each time he reads.
I also loved the book for a couple other specific reasons. First, I loved that the story included some pretty unknown dinosaurs to help the readers get introduced to them in a fun way. Esenwine and Bruss also did a fantastic job with their rhyming using syllable count to make it even more rhythmic than it would be without. And the addition of phonetic spellings of the dinosaur names was a nice touch to help with the pronunciation for the adult reader and for the child as they learn about the dinosaurs.
P.S. Perfect fit for not only your dinosaur-fan readers but also for a birthday present since the setting is a party.
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=15980
I was introduced to Esenwine’s work when I read Flashlight Night, and I was immediately impressed with his work–he just had a way with words! While this picture book is quite different, it is not going to let Esenwine fans down. It for sure didn’t let Trent down; he already has had us read this multiple times with different questions each time we read. He also thinks it is hilarious, finding something silly each time he reads.
I also loved the book for a couple other specific reasons. First, I loved that the story included some pretty unknown dinosaurs to help the readers get introduced to them in a fun way. Esenwine and Bruss also did a fantastic job with their rhyming using syllable count to make it even more rhythmic than it would be without. And the addition of phonetic spellings of the dinosaur names was a nice touch to help with the pronunciation for the adult reader and for the child as they learn about the dinosaurs.
P.S. Perfect fit for not only your dinosaur-fan readers but also for a birthday present since the setting is a party.
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=15980
mindfullibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to the publisher for this review copy!
Dinosaur aficionados are going to LOVE this one! You do NOT want to ask these dinosaurs to help plan and set up your birthday party ~ trust me. With a style and cadence similar to Numeroff's IF YOU GIVE A.... series, this book shares why you shouldn't ask each particular dinosaur to do certain tasks, with adorable illustrations to show exactly what will happen. As an adult, I greatly appreciate the syllable breaks in the dino names since these always trip me up during read alouds! There is a great dino fact section at the end of the book so you can dig in and learn more about each of the dinosaurs as well.
This book will be sure to delight kiddos and will be a really fun read aloud as long as the librarian/teacher/parent does a little dino-name-pronunciation run through ahead of time ;-)
Dinosaur aficionados are going to LOVE this one! You do NOT want to ask these dinosaurs to help plan and set up your birthday party ~ trust me. With a style and cadence similar to Numeroff's IF YOU GIVE A.... series, this book shares why you shouldn't ask each particular dinosaur to do certain tasks, with adorable illustrations to show exactly what will happen. As an adult, I greatly appreciate the syllable breaks in the dino names since these always trip me up during read alouds! There is a great dino fact section at the end of the book so you can dig in and learn more about each of the dinosaurs as well.
This book will be sure to delight kiddos and will be a really fun read aloud as long as the librarian/teacher/parent does a little dino-name-pronunciation run through ahead of time ;-)
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