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Dinosaur Days

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My 5 year old son loves this book and asks to have it read to him again and again. The story is a silly rhyme that helps teach the days of the week. The illustrations are clever and very detailed-- he always seems to find something new in each of the pictures. This book nicely blends children's love for dinosaurs with delightful situations. We are ordering another copy today to donate to our school.

Linda Manning's "Dinosaur Days" beautifully dovetails a propulsive rhythm in verse with the vivacious and colorful illustrations of Vlasta van Kampen.

The unnamed dark-haired girl who appears on every page has to deal with a succession of ruder and ruder dinosaurs--one appearing each day, and doing everything from squashing her morning toast to spilling the laundry detergent to marauding through the garden! The little girl is patient and sweet with each successive rude dinosaur guest, trying to teach them manners and finally succumbing for a dinosaur fest in the backyard, complete with barbecue!

The illustrations are just sumptuously colorful and detailed, and the text lots of fun to read aloud to your favorite dinosaur lover.

Lively illustrations on every page! Many fun things to "spy" for little eyes. I appreciate that the dinosaur loving child in the book is a dark haired, dark eyed girl. (My five year old daughter is Chinese.)