Author: Sierra, Judy
Brand: Dragonfly Books
Edition: Reprint
Features:
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 40
Release Date: 09-02-2016
Details: Product Description
A hilarious book about manners for ages 3-6
A little girl is shopping in a grocery store when--surprise!--she meets a dinosaur. Don't worry. The dinosaur is very friendly. She's polite, too. In this funny story, told in lilting read-aloud rhyme, the girl has numerous opportunities to be helpful to the clumsy shopping dino and demonstrate when to say "thank you," "excuse me," "I'm sorry," "You're welcome," and other niceties of life. Tim Bowers's whimsical illustrations bring an extra dimension of fun to Judy Sierra's hilarious picture book fantasy. Altogether,
Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur is an entertaining and painless way to show preschoolers why basic manners are a good thing to have.
Review
Sierra and Bowers team up for a slightly different take on the dinosaurs plus manners theme that has been well covered by the How Do Dinosaurs... series. There's no bad behavior on display in this outing: when a small girl meets a T-Rex who's shopping at the grocery store, the girl models the polite way to interact with others, even in unexpected circumstances. "Your shopping cart begins to spin./ It dings the dino on the shin./ She roars a terrifying roar./ What do you tell the dinosaur?" The correct responses to this and other scenarios appear in large speech bubbles. There's lots of physical comedy on display in Bowers's acrylic paintings--the dinosaur drives away in a tiny pink car better suited for Barbie--which, along with Sierra's characteristically sturdy verse, helps the gentle message about manners go down smoothly. --Publishers Weekly
About the Author
JUDY SIERRA is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller
Wild About Books and its sequel,
ZooZical, both illustrated by Marc Brown. Her expertise at creating funny stories told in read-aloud rhyme that trips off the tongue has won her high praise and honors.
TIM BOWERS is the illustrator of
Princess Pig by Eileen Spinelli,
The Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum, and other acclaimed picture books. He had his own greeting card line, Shoebox Greetings, before devoting himself full time to children's books. He lives in Granville, Ohio, with his family.
EAN: 9781101932506
Package Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
Languages: English
