Customer Reviews

I'm Bad!

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This tyrannasaurus wants you to know that he's bad! He's stinky, mean, and the king of the dinos. So why can't he seem to get any food?

Boys especially will like this tale of a mean ole dino that may not be as mean as he wants you to think he is.

With dynamic illustrations and fun language, this is a book to get all riled up over.

Before you crack the spine, consider two things: your kids might beg/plead/bribe you to read it again and you may have to explain to strangers why they're confronted with devilish grins, asking, "Are you bad?"

This tale of a buck-toothed carnivore brings to life the sights, sounds and silliness of dinnertime in prehistoric suburbia. Imagination runs rampant. And adjectives fly off the page in descriptions that scream. For example, our favorite friend asks the reader: "Are you bad? I'm REALLY bad. Scare-the-tails-off-all-the-other-dinosaurs BAD. Got rip-'em-up CLAWS. Got bite-'em-up FANGS. Bad breath? YeaaaHHHHHHH." How great is that?

Before you deem him too scary, remember that this little guy holds a soft spot for his Mom. (And it really is the perfect Mother's Day book.) At the end, you may smile with delight and beg/plead/bribe your kids to listen again. This wacky, wordplay must-have gaurantees to illicit smiles and surprises. Again and again.

We have received this as a gift and since given it as a gift many times. It is interesting, funny and great for boys around age 4. Also love I'm Hungry by the same author.

It's funny and cute. My 3 kids love it and I have 4 year old twins--boy and a girl and my 8 year old daughter loves it to. It gives the reader a chance to really perform. We first got it at the library to different times because the kids liked it so much. Finally we put it on my son's wish list and the girls were also very happy when he got it.

What was more fun in storytime than to read "I Stink!" by Kate and Jim McMullan? Well, move over for the fun and fabulous "I'm Bad!"! This is a mean and toothy T-Rex, daring the reader to make fun of him, `cause he's mean, and bad, and hungry! He's after some prey, but the other animals manage to elude him. My favorite spread is finding the hidden animals in the forest: "I can smell `em, but I can't find `em". Whah! He cries from hunger and frustration, and who should show up but Mommy, with dinner in tow ("takeout"). Great for storytime and for fans of dinosaurs. Greens and oranges dominate the highly expressive illustrations, with a surprise fold up flap when Mommy appears--what fun!

The very first page, and we know we have a BAD dinosaur. And he shows us, hunting other animals! Aaaaaaand... losing spectacularly.

I love the way the dinosaur talks, and I love the illustrations. I especially appreciate that with an older child you can use this book to discuss some of the ways prey animals survive - we're shown vivid illustrations of running, hiding, herd defensive behavior, and camouflage.

No animals are harmed in this book, but more sensitive children might find the subject upsetting. I'm not rating it down for that, but if you think your kid might object to seeing a carnivore being a carnivore (it can be a little scary), be sure to read before you buy.

We love Kate and Jim McMullan...great books and great pictures, I bought this book for my 4 year old grandson. He enjoyes "reading" them to me also. We had checked these books out at our Library so many times , I just decided to have them in our home library.