At the end of a day spent busily imagining, the girl trudges up to bed with her little plastic dinosaur. He giggles his way through the pages and always wants to know which dinosaur on the last page was the one responsible for the big surprise (no spoilers) earlier in the story. The kid imagines what it would be like to have a dinosaur and it's pretty much the same as every kid who imagines having a pet dinosaur but look at how she brushes its teeth! With playful illustrations, If I Had a Dinosaur is a charming, witty, rhyming story celebrating the power of a child’s imagination. It would need lots of food to eat, a swimming pool to drink from, and a dino flap so it could come and go.

Educational but silly, this is the perfect book to read with a child that is starting to attach words with images. And she’s totally up to caring for it: she would feed it lots of leafy greens and dig it a nice pond to swim in, even brush its teeth. One content warning: there is an entire spread devoted to the question of how to clean dino-sized droppings with an unsubtle depiction of such (think the poop emoji with no face). A frequently requested nighttime read by my 3 year old, who’s going through a bit of a dinosaur phase at the moment. Many of the words are substituted for images, which makes for a very engaging reading experience with a little one.Also, only the yellow children have eyes that are slanted lines instead of the round dots sported by all the other people in the story. Written in lively, witty rhyme and accompanied with charming, childlike illustrations, If I Had a Dinosaur will leave both adults and children wanting a dinosaur of their very own! As regular readers know, JJ is a fan of dinosaurs – you may have even noticed her loyal reading buddy, Mr. It would give her a ride to school, but she needs to make sure she has lots of food for it to eat, a swimming pool-sized a water bowl and a giant cat flap!

The girl, still in pajamas, bounces on her bed—where a toy green dinosaur sits—and finally decides, she wants “a pet much bigger, more the size of, well, A HOUSE!Un albo illustrato coloratissimo e divertentissimo, che ha come protagonista un bambino che vuole un animale domestico un po’ diverso dal solito… Un dinosauro! Winner of the 'Best Preschool Book' prize with Made for Mums, If I Had a Dinosaur make a fantastic bedtime story! As she falls asleep, the dinosaur from her daydreams stands in the garden with its head poking through the bedroom window, making her dreams come true. And from the first appearance of the sweet-faced, bright-green dino of the books, she was delighted.

The pacing is great, the vocabulary is age appropriate and the illustrations are bright, appealing and full of little details so each time you read the story there are new things to spot. This book would obviously be fantastic in a classroom as a spring board for lessons on pets/dinosaurs but also has some good linkage opportunities with self care, daily routines, nursery rhymes, creative problem solving and more - I think it would be a brilliant resource for any educator to have on their shelf! Lovely picture book with the ability to assist children to make connections between what they are seeing and reading.I just loved the look on the cat's face when that landed next to it), and many more other fun things. HOWEVER, the way that Asian children are portrayed in this book is absolutely appalling and disqualifying. I suppose it was a good opportunity to have a discussion about stereotypes and racism with my 3-year old after he asked my why certain kids’ skin was green, but really, come on. Maar tegelijk: het is één figurant, zonder actieve rol in het verhaal, waar je los over kijkt als je het boek leest op het ritme van de vlotte rijmende tekst. I particularly love that the story is about a little girl as so many dino books are targeted at boys and its doubly great that she happens to be non-white too.

Seuss) and silly but kids love rhymes and they'll love this one so who cares what I think about the text? A little girl wishes ever so desperately that she could have a pet, but she's unsure about what kind of pet she would like. Furthermore, what I especially liked was the incorporation of the protagonist as a BAME character, interestingly in a 'normal' setting and not used to highlight differences or discrimination.The book encourages active participation from children, with many key nouns replaced by an image causing children to fill in the blanks for themselves. Il testo è in rima, così è facile sia per i bambini sia per chi legge, dare un ritmo incalzante alla storia; anche i disegni sono molto belli, ricchi di particolari da scoprire e commentare insieme al proprio bimbo. She's a little black girl and she loves dinosaurs because, yes, kids who are not male and who are not white also like dinosaurs.