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How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

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How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? entertains while also teaching good bedtime behavior. Combine children's fascination with dinosaurs and Mark Teague's irresisible, humorous illustrations and you have a sure hit with both child and parent.

The text is rhyming and fun to read aloud. The question is asked repeatedly, "do dinosaurs do this (bad behavior)" and then the answer is in the last few pages, "no, they don't do this (bad behavior), they do this (good behavior)." The illustrations serve to emphasize the behaviors partly due to the huge size of the dinosaurs. Each picture contains the name of the dinosaur also.

Along with a variety of dinosaurs, this book also features a variety of moms and dads which helps to give it a multicultural flavor.

For those children who enjoy the book for its dinosaur content, I also highly recommend "Ten Little Dinosaurs" by Pattie Schnetzler and "Sammy and the Dinosaurs" by Ian Whybrow.

This wonderful picture book, including ten tired dinosaurs from prize-winning writer Jane Yolen and best-selling illustrator Mark Teague celebrates the funny, endearing book that most children will love for many years. I thought this book was great! My 3 year old cousin comes over every so often to spend the night, but has trouble sleeping someplace else other than his home. When I saw this book there was no contemplating buying it, since Justin (my cousin) adores dinosaurs. The pictures are fantastic and the story line is excellent. This book works great when were trying to put him to sleep. The dinosaurs are a good influence in showing children that dinosaurs also give their loved ones hugs and kisses before going to bed, and may even cry a little or throw themselves on the bed. I think a lot of children can relate to this book, and find it enjoyable, and like my cousin, can not wait until we get to read the book. This humorous bedtime story I'm sure will be a hit for anyone who has younger children.

Jane Yolen has written a lovely bedtime story about the way little dinosaurs go to bed and say good night. Do they slam their tales and pout? Do they throw their teddy bears all about? No... they give kisses and hugs and whisper good night. This is a wonderful bedtime book, told in rhyme that will amuse and delight your pre-schoolers as they enjoy the familiar antics of going to bed. With large expressive illustrations and an easy rhyming pattern, children will be able to "help" you read this story in no time. This is the perfect book to share before tucking in and turning out the lights and a great addition to home libraries.

This is a wonderful book. Every page has the name of the dinosaur somewhere within the bedroom. And they are also all pictured with the name below on the first and last pages of the book. It starts off with "How do dinosaurs say goodnight when (and it is papa the first half of the book and then mama) comes in to turn off the light?" The dinosaurs are in bed and are basically large children and how they either will or won't want to go to bed, i.e "fall on his covers and cry?" or "stomp hisfeet on the floor and shout I want to hear one book more." All actions that any person who has read a child a bedtime story can relate too. Every child that I know has this book and loves it. You can enjoy reading it for it is basically simple reading that a child learning to read can memorize and tell you the story. Or sometimes they will just make up new actions to go along with the beautifully illustrated pictures. And the whole time they can learn all the dinosaurs. I think that this is a must for every in house library. Any kid will love it!

This book is now a favorite of my two and half year old daughter. She asks me to read it to her at least once a day. The premise of the story is to show the proper way to say goodnight. The first half of the book shows dinosaurs acting up at bedtime (hmm kind of reminds me of my daughter) and the second part shows dinosaurs saying goodnight nicely. The pictures of the dinosaurs really crack her up. She loves the opening picture of the dinosaur in the tub and the one of the dinosaur holding a toy train. The pictures are so charming that I am sure they will have adults smiling too. The text is simple enough for a small child to memorize and the names of the dinosaurs are included on the page with their picture to provide even more learning oppurtunities. This book has made my daughter so crazy for dinosaurs that I intend to take her to a dinosaur exhibit at our local science museum. The best part of this book is that it has actually made my daughter go to bed with less resistance. When she starts to act up I just quote a line or two from the book and she settles right down. Last night she told me "goodnight mama dinosaur." We love this book.

In a family with four children, bedtime is a challenge. However, this book has helped to remind four dinosaur lovers how their beloved friends behave when it is time to rest.

Not only is this book beautifully illustrated, it provides text our children have memorized....including the names of all the dinosaur friends!

Parents and kids alike will enjoy reading this story over and over because each reading brings a new discovery.

I picked up this book in a bookstore, and was laughing out loud as I read through it. On the one hand, this is actually a fun way to teach children proper behavior when it's time for them to go to bed, and it's a clever use of dinosaurs (kids favorite) to get the point across. On the other hand, the illustrations and text are humorous and also quite accurate. Kids will see themselves in these pictures, relate to how it feels to have to go to bed when they don't want to. Adults will just smile and laugh because the drawings really ARE that funny. I never expected in my life to see a dinosaur throwing a temper tantrum, but now that I have, I wonder why it took me so long. This is a great book, and I foresee it being one that kids will want to have read to them over and over again. And I think adults will have no problem in doing so.

What a wonderful "party" before bed. Although it certainly doesn't calm my children before bed, at least it makes the process more fun. We read it every single night and act out every single page (stomp our feet, hug and kiss... my daughter instructs me to cover my ears so that her ROAR won't hurt my ears). The illustrations are beautiful, colorful and funny. Tiny frustrated (and helpless) parents trying to cajole their giant dinosaurs into bed- tell me your kids don't seem especially large and ferocious at bed time. At the picture of Papa shrugging helplessly towards Mama, my daughter and son both say, "Mama, I don't know how to fix that dinosaur for bed!" Best of all, even if bed time is still a struggle, we can all have a good laugh. So snuggle up with your dinosaurs and get ready for wonderful giggles.

We have a family story time every night and actually checked this book out from our local library. My son ADORES dinosaurs and spends alot of time pretending that he is one. The book gives examples and shows pictures of dinosaurs doing all the things that kids sometimes do at bedtime (like throwing themselves on the bed and crying or demanding a piggyback ride)and then says, "No,...." and tells how dinosaurs DO act at bedtime. It's great motivation for kids to try to act like dinosaurs at bedtime. We read it on three consecutive nights and my son was then able to "read" it word for word to us - it made him feel great!

A fun way for a beginning reader to see the good and bad ways of bedtime behavior with clever illustrations.

Each of the thirty pages inside portray a different set of parents, dinosaur, room set up and items for each room. The beginning of the book emphasizes what many children have done when told to turn out the lights. The last few pages portray what should be done when told it is bedtime. The book is also done with rhymes with the first two pages showcasing all the dinosaurs on their beds with their names underneath. One is blowing bubbles, another jumping on the bed while others play together, eat or read a book.

The parents also represent various nationalities in How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? One mama is in an apron, one is casual while another appears to be dressed up. The papa(s) are in business attire holding a briefcase, hands over ears, wearing glasses and scratching his head. The last pages than show that Dinosaurs do not cry but give a big kiss, turn out the light, say good night and sleep like a good little Dinosaur.

This is a fun book that can be read in many ways by trying to find all the differences in the rooms, the parents and the ten Dinosaur names. This would have appeal to any child that likes Dinosaurs and learning to read or already a reader. I would think the age limits are wide from a preschooler to possibly eight or nine years of age.