Dinosaurs
7 best books like Dinosaurs (Gail Gibbons): Amelia Bedelia, Apple Pie 4th of July, Guess How Much I Love You, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur!, Little Critter: Snowball Soup, A Child's Calendar
| Author | Peggy Parish |
| ISBN | 0064441555 |
Once upon a school day, I think when I was in second grade (so this would have been pre-1980, I believe), we went on our bi-weekly library outing. The librarian had us sit in front of her in the storytime area and whipped this book out. She read it to us.
That may have been when I realized my love for wordplay.
I...
| Author | Janet S. Wong |
| ISBN | 0152057080 |
A young girl - believing that the 4th of July is a time when people eat American foods like apple pie - tries to convince her parents that no one will be interested in the Chinese food they sell in their store. Despite her gloomy predictions - which seem, at first, to be borne out by the events of the day - they...
Guess How Much I Love You
"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how much he loves him: as wide as he can reach and as far as he can hop. But Big Nutbrown Hare, who can reach farther and hop higher, loves him back just as much. Well then Little Nutbrown Hare loves him right up to the...
| Author | Adam Rex |
| ISBN | 0152057668 |
Now, I have read many picture books that were not only funny for children, but also funny for adults and I have stumbled upon yet another picture book that was laugh out loud funny for both children and adults called “Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and Other Stories You’re Sure to Like, Because...
| Author | Syd Hoff |
| ISBN | 0064442373 |
Readers first fell in love with Danny and his prehistoric pal in the I Can Read classic Danny and the Dinosaur, created by Syd Hoff in 1958. Now the popular pair are together again in an adventure sure to please beginning readers
What would happen if a dinosaur came to a birthday party? Come to Danny's...
| Author | Mercer Mayer |
| ISBN | 0060835435 |
We love Little Critter books here, so of course I couldn’t turn down a review opportunity. We received “Snowball Soup” which is one from the first reading level, Shared Reading. Honestly I didn’t even know that the Little Critter books came in different reading levels! We must have the higher...
| Author | John Updike |
| ISBN | 0823417662 |
One of the first major award-winning titles to feature an interracial family, A Child's Calendar combines the star power of John Updike and Trina Schart Hyman.
Celebrate the little moments that make each month special in this Caldecott Honor book, featuring twelve poems about a family and...
