How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten? [Board book]

Jane Yolen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004 | Age Range: 3 - 5 years | Series: How Do Dinosaurs... | Lexile Measure: 480L (What's this?)

The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague present their beloved dinosaurs in a new format with this fun, read-aloud board book that teaches young children to count from one to ten!

Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs delight young readers with their playful antics. How do dinosaurs count to ten? Over and over and over again!
This brand new board book format brings the gigantic humor of bestselling, award-winning team Jane Yolen and Mark Teague to the youngest readers, helping them learn to count from one to ten with a simple, rhyming text and laugh-out-loud illustrations! A perfect companion book to the other HOW DO DINOSAURS tales, and a great baby gift as well.

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for 'How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?': 'The message is useful!while the illustrations have detail and characterisation to savour.' Children's Book of the Week, The Sunday Times Praise for 'How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?': 'Children will find these poorly dinosaurs and their families really funny! The full-page illustrations are fantastic, too.' BBC Parenting 'This is an ingenious book that will get your little ones behaving perfectly when they're ill.' Baby & You 'A perfect get-well book.' Junior Praise for 'How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?': 'This combines an enchanting rhyme with retro-looking illustrations.' Father's Quarterly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Jane Yolen is the beloved author of more than four hundred books for children and adults, including award-winning picture books, fiction, and poetry. Her How Do Dinosaurs books have sold millions of copies and are international bestsellers. She regularly travels the globe speaking and teaching. Jane lives in Western Massachusetts with her children and grandchildren, and she also lives in St. Andrews, Scotland. You can also visit her at www.janeyolen.com.

Mark Teague is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator whose books include the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling How Do Dinosaurs... series, the LaRue series, FIREHOUSE!, FUNNY FARM, and many other humorous picture books. Mark lives in New York state with his wife and their two daughters.

Product Details

• Age Range: 3 - 5 years
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Blue Sky Press; BRDBK edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439649498
• ISBN-13: 978-0439649490
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Dinosaurs
  • #98 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > School & Education

More About the Author

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."

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Fun for Your Little Dinosaur November 22, 2005

By Constance M. Gotsch

Format:Board book

HOW DO DINOSAURS COUNT TO TEN not only provides a way for very young children to learn to count. It also feeds into the way a kid thinks. The various dinosaurs who do the counting have human mons who cheer them on to learn. Kids will identify with the concept. A child can be a dinosaur today, and his Mom can be a person. Also Mom stays in the background making the dinosaur/child the center of attention, providing a supportive 'I can do it myself' climate. While cartoonish and playful, the pictures represent dinosaurs accurately enough to recognize them. T. Rex helps with the counting, as does Ptaradactyl, and a few others I can't spell or pronounce. But as I've learned from my 5 year-old-neighbor, the kids should be have no trouble informing the adults in their lives which dion is who. As the dinosaurs count, they play with the toys they are counting, which adds to the fun. The books themselves are sturdy and will withstand rough handling by really little tykes. They're also a convenient size for toddlers to hold. Anybody who has a junior dinosaur fan around the house should look at HOW DO DIONSAURS COUNT TO TEN.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the same as the big books November 6, 2007

By S. Styles

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

We were a little disappointed with this book and a couple of the other board books in this series. Our one-year-old son LOVES the full size "How Do Dinosaurs" story books, but he hardly pays attention to the board books.

First of all, the words and rhymes aren't as clever. Maybe the concept of counting or colors just isn't as good of a material as going to bed, eating your food, or going to the doctor.

Second, the books are short and the artwork is very scaled down and much simpler. My son loves the artwork in the bigger books but the white background in these is kind of boring.

Maybe time will tell, but he is getting past the board book stage and I am just not sure that these books will hold the attention of kids who are at an age for learning colors or numbers. I wish there was a full-size version, and I wish I had known the content of the board books was not as good as the big books. Now YOU do!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Dino review September 11, 2005

By L. Moore

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

My son absolutely loves this book. He also has How do dinosaurs clean their rooms. These are really great books illustrated with realistic but friendly dinos doing everyday kid activities. I highly recommend them as they are fun to read for the adult as well (some books lose their charm after being read aloud for 43 days).