Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad?
10 best books like Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? (Julie Middleton): Tiger in My Soup, Ol' Mama Squirrel, Abe Lincoln's Dream, Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?, Lucky Ducklings, 123 versus ABC, The Super Hungry Dinosaur, Eggs, 1, 2, 3: Who Will The Babies Be?, Brief Thief, King Arthur's Very Great Grandson
| Author | Kashmira Sheth |
| ISBN | 1561456969 |
In the current run of titles about older siblings feeding younger ones, this one stands out for its inventive imagery. --** Starred Review ** Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2013
"... abundant visual hyperbole, and unexpected delights on nearly every page." --** Starred Review ** Publishers Weekly,...
| Author | David Ezra Stein |
| ISBN | 0399256725 |
Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein’s lively tale is a fantastic read-aloud, and feisty Mama Squirrel will have fierce mamas everywhere applauding!
Ol’ Mama Squirrel has raised lots of babies, and she knows just how to protect them. Whenever trouble comes nosing around, she springs...
| Author | Lane Smith |
| ISBN | 1596436085 |
From the bestselling author of It's a Book comes a funny, touching tale about the legacy of America's greatest president. When a schoolgirl gets spearated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Together they...
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0547752679 |
“I have lost my new blue socks. Did I put them in my box?” Simple rhymes—including socks, box, fox, and ox!—spin the tale of a small duck who waddles through the countryside, forlornly searching for his blue socks. “I’m trying not to be depressed. / Without my socks I feel undressed.” Finally,...
| Author | Eva Moore |
| ISBN | 0439448611 |
An engaging and charming true rescue story illustrated by a Christopher Award winner!
Early one morning, Mama Duck takes her babies for a walk. They follow safely behind her as they leave their pond, waddle through the park, and stop in the little sunlit town's parking lot for yummy breakfast....
| Author | Mike Boldt |
| ISBN | 0062102990 |
Mike Boldt's bright and playful picture book asks a big question: Which is more important, numbers or letters?
Numbers and letters, the colorful characters in this story, compete to be the stars of this book. Their debate escalates when funny animals and props arrive—starting with 1...
| Author | Martin Waddell |
| ISBN | 0803734468 |
Here's a book that begs to be read aloud. From the very first "GRRRRRR!" and "ROAR!" of the Super Hungry Dinosaur, kids will be rooting for Hal to save his parents and his dog, Billy, from the huge beast. And Hal saves them in the most unusual way (hint: It involves spaghetti) in this delightful twist on the...
| Author | Janet Halfmann |
| ISBN | 1609051912 |
Ten spreads with gatefolds and a culminating dramatic fold-out lead young readers from a single penguin egg to an ostrich's clutch of 10 eggs. Song-like, non-rhyming verse gives clues as to who might hatch. The answer to the repeated refrain, "Who will the babies be?", is found beneath a flap. Besides...
| Author | Michaël Escoffier |
| ISBN | 1592701310 |
We have a real winner here. This book is great.
From the page four, where the kid you're reading this with will look at you incredulously as the word "poo" appears, to its shocking surprise twist ending, you can't ask for better children's literature than this.
Leon is a chameleon. He...
Henry Alfred Grummorson is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King Arthur, one of the bravest knights to ever live. On the day Henry turns six years old, he wakes up early, mounts his trusty donkey, Knuckles, and goes out in search of adventure.
Along the way, he...
| Author | Mary Ellen Jordan |
| ISBN | 0807544000 |
Wow, I loved reading about how every animal on the farm does not do what it is generally expected to do. I liked how each animal was attributed with a specific and different demeanor than the others, and how well it rhymed the animals' names with their personalities. I also liked how the illustrator made...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230745369 |
Hardcover edition of the dazzling and irresistible picture book AGAIN! by Emily Gravett, the twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestle Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for WOLVES and LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. Every night, baby dragon Cedric loves his mom to read his favorite...
| Author | Paul Schmid |
| ISBN | 1423174372 |
Oliver is nervous about the first day of school, so he picks up an alligator at the swamp, just in case. And boy, does it come in handy! Whenever anything scares Oliver--be it a teacher, a classmate, or the prospect of learning "everything"--the alligator makes the problem go away. Quickly, school becomes...
| Author | Tedd Arnold |
| ISBN | 0823424049 |
Gert loves dirt. She rolls in it, digs in it, even tastes it.
But one day, while she's making mud pies, all that dirt changes her. Gert sprouts leaves, grows roots, and begins to photosynthesize in the sunlight! Gert is delighted, but the neighborhood can't believe it. . . and soon the notoriety...
| Author | Jeff Mack |
| ISBN | 1596436751 |
Jeff is eager to share just how grown up he is in this tactile, rhyming tale. He creates a book titled The Things I Can Do and in it he rhymes about all his accomplishments. However, all his endeavors are tempered by his own renditions of his feats. When he says, “I can make my own lunch; I can get my own drink”,...
In this clever picture book, a debut author-illustrator introduces a plucky rabbit and the new companion that he just can’t shake.
Rabbit has a problem. There’s a large black rabbit chasing him. No matter where he runs — behind a tree, over the river — the shadowy rabbit follows. Finally...
| Author | Algy Craig Hall |
| ISBN | 1907967508 |
Munch, crunch! “This is the dinosaur looking for lunch!” It's a dinosaur-eat-dinosaur (and other treats) world out there. But when Bite! Snap! Crunch! leads to a buzz, the buzz leads to a hop, and the hop leads to a wriggle, mealtime has surprising and hilarious results. This delightful cumulative...
| Author | Alex Latimer |
| ISBN | 1561457094 |
it is entirely coincidental that i am reviewing this book during this whole "goodreads inelegantly cracking down on bullies" situation.
i had no idea what this was about when i requested it from netgalley - i just saw a rabbit and knew i had to read it.
this book is about a lion who is a bully....
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
| Author | Chris Raschka |
| ISBN | 0375870075 |
“[Raschka's] marvelous sequences, fluid style, and emotional intelligence capture all of the momentum and exhilaration of this glorious accomplishment,” raves School Library Journal in a starred review.
Learning to ride a bike is one of the most important milestones of childhood,...
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 1442434007 |
Can you locate Ladybug? A charming, playful seek-and-find adventure from beloved author Mem Fox.
Yoo-hoo, Ladybug!
Where are you?
There you are…
afloat in the bath,
with Duck and Giraffe!
Ladybug loves to hide. Come along on a treasure hunt to find this sneaky...
How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad?
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0545143152 |
A special gift for Neo upon his graduation, Neo's kindergarten teacher might have been sending a subliminal message with this one. ;) Told in an interesting rhyme pattern, the story seeks to learn what a dinosaur might do if anger enveloped them. Ignoring parents and tossing toys... roaring and tantruming......
Holy cow. Katrina Germein must be my cousin, because this book is so the men in my family. All of them, from my Granddaddy and all my uncles to my own husband. Any member of my family could have written this.
Our young narrator is blessed/cursed with a dad who is quick with a snappy retort. You know...
| Author | Jennifer Yerkes |
| ISBN | 1402280130 |
2013 Society of Illustrators, Original Art Gold Medal Winner
A lonely, invisible bird mistakenly believes that adorning himself with flashy feathers and flowers will make him beautiful and win him new friends. Except his plan quickly backfires when his magnificent plumage attracts the...
