Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: How Do Dinosaurs.
How does a dinosaur care for its kitty, you ask?
Cat lovers are everywhere! Now, with the same humor and warmth of their previous bestselling dinosaur books, Jane Yolen and Mark Teague show us how young dinosaurs know how to care for their kitties. From playing with cat toys to cleaning the litter box, children will love the silliness of "bad" pet-owner behavior as they learn what's involved in keeping your cat happy and loved. Also an introduction for children who may be getting a pet soon, cat lovers big and small are sure to embrace this book as a purrr-enial favorite!
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Jane Yolen has written more than two hundred books for children and adults, including the Caldecott Medal winner, Owl Moon (illustrated by John Schoenherr). How Do Dinsosaurs Say Good Night? and its companions have sold millions of copies and are international bestsellers. She lives in western Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.
Mark Teague has delighted young readers with more than twenty picture books, many of which he has written himself, including the prize-winning LaRue series and his novel, The Doom Machine. He lives in New York State with his wife and two daughters.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 3 and up
Board book: 14 pages
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press; Brdbk edition (January 1, 2010)
Born and raised in New York City, Jane Yolen now lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She attended Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. The distinguished author of more than 170 books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. When she is not writing, Yolen composes songs, is a professional storyteller on the stage, and is the busy wife of a university professor, the mother of three grown children, and a grandmother. Active in several organizations, Yolen has been on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America from 1986 to 1988, is on the editorial board of several magazines, and was a founding member of the Western New England Storytellers Guild, the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild, and the Bay State Writers Guild. For twenty years, she ran a monthly writer's workshop for new children's book authors. In 1980, when Yolen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the citation recognized that "throughout her writing career she has remained true to her primary source of inspiration--folk culture." Folklore is the "perfect second skin," writes Yolen. "From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world." Folklore, she believes, is the universal human language, a language that children instinctively feel in their hearts. All of Yolen's stories and poems are somehow rooted in her sense of family and self. The Emperor and the Kite, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1983 for its intricate papercut illustrations by Ed Young, was based on Yolen's relationship with her late father, who was an international kite-flying champion. Owl Moon, winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal for John Schoenherr's exquisite watercolors, was inspired by her husband's interest in birding. Yolen's graceful rhythms and outrageous rhymes have been gathered in numerous collections. She has earned many awards over the years: the Regina Medal, the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Society of Children's Book Writers Award, the Mythopoetic Society's Aslan Award, the Christopher Medal, the Boy's Club Jr. Book Award, the Garden State Children's Book Award, the Daedalus Award, a number of Parents' Choice Magazine Awards, and many more. Her books and stories have been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Afrikaans, !Xhosa, Portuguese, and Braille. With a versatility that has led her to be called "America's Hans Christian Andersen," Yolen, the child of two writers, is a gifted and natural storyteller. Perhaps the best explanation for her outstanding accomplishments comes from Jane Yolen herself: "I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told."
This review is from: How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? (Board book)
My daughter received "How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?" as a gift on her 1st birthday, and instantly fell in love with it. I decided then to give another book a try, and purchased "How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?" and "How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?" four months later for Christmas and again, she just fell in love with them! So today, after taking her to get a couple of shots, we headed over to Barnes and Noble to look around at books, and as soon as I saw this, I grabbed it right up because I had been WAITING for this to come out and was so pleased to see it there. Needless to say, my daughter was once again, very happy. I definitely recommend these to mom's and dad's out there because these books are very fun, (for any age, really) and they help give young ones good ideas about how to behave well. I plan on buying the rest of these books to add to her collection.
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This review is from: How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? (Board book)
As expected the illustrations are the real winner in How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? Each dino accurately and humorously expresses every child's mood and sentiment with regard to pets - from a lack of desire to treat a kitty nicely to an aversion to stinky chores to the real love and care of a cat. Jane Yolen's narration rhymes and captures those sentiments poignantly. This is a great book for the younger ones (ages 4-5) but older kiddos (ages 6-8) will relate and be amused.
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This review is from: How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Cats? (Board book)
Follows the same format as the new "dogs" dinosaur book, did not disappoint. Great way to remind kids how to treat animals and love them. Highly recommend.
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