Dinosaur, Dinosaur
Author: Kevin Lewis
Illustrator: Daniel Kirk
Copyright: 2006
Published by: Orchard Books
Number of Pages: 32
Genre: Poetry
I picked
this book because it seemed to be a fun book for young children. This story follows a young dinosaur
throughout the day. It follows him to
breakfast, getting dressed, going outside to play, having fun and even whining. It is the day in the life of Dinosaur.
The
illustrations in this book were created with gouache and colored pencil on
paper. The illustrator used bright and
colorful illustrations to depict the daily life of the young dinosaur. The author uses vignettes throughout the book
to highlight important details in the story.
The text placement in the book was informal and reflects the playfulness
of the story.
The book
would be appropriate with children age 3-8.
I would use this book to talk about routines. I would ask the students if their day was
similar to the dinosaurs day. I would
have the children do a sequencing activity.
The book is rich in rhyming words such as howly and yowly, howdy and
rowdy, happy and yappy, and yummy and tummy.
The rhyming words are also very descriptive. The students may be too young to understand
adjectives but I could talk about words that describe things. This book has won no awards.
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