Fun for kids who love dinosaurs. I don't particularly.

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I think this one will be perfect to pair with Koo Koo Kanga Roo's 'Dino Stomp' for storytime.

I'll admit that part of the reason I love this book is that I read it to Duncan almost every night when he was little. I could never read it without catching the beat or developing a drawl.

At the Explore•a•Saurus exhibit at the Boston Children's Museum, my 23-month-old nibling kept bringing over books, and this was the only one I managed to read all the way through in the moment.

The rhyming text is engaging -- reminiscent of Sandra Boynton's n  Dinosaur Dance!n

It has a lot of dinosaur names I hadn't encountered before (Protoceratops, Maiasur, etc.), though in rereading it I recognized many of them from the nonfiction picturebooks, and I was pleased to learn that they weren't just made-up names that sounded fun. (The illustrator bio in the back notes: "when drawing for children, Scott is quick to admit if he does not know how to draw the dinosaur requested of him. 'When you are talking with kids, you are dealing with dinosaur experts,' he says.")

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As an aside, I appreciated BCM's stacking the deck with books by female authors in that room:
* Born to be giants : how baby dinosaurs grew to rule the world / Lita Judge.
* Boy, were we wrong about dinosaurs! / Kathleen V. Kudlinski ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
* How big were dinosaurs? / Lita Judge.
* Saturday night at the dinosaur stomp / Carol Diggory Shields ; illustrated by Scott Nash.
* Dinosaur dance! / by Sandra Boynton

This was an absolute favourite when my son was little! Great illustrations -- bold colours on coloured backgrounds.. Clever rhythm and lots of tricky dinosaur names to giggle over as you try to read them

Children love dinosaurs, and this book really animates the best of them. The book takes a journey through learning about a lot of different dinosaurs in an engaging way. The book keeps children engaged and always waiting to see what dinosaurs are next and what else they can learn about them.

Have you ever wondered what the dinosaurs did for fun? What really happened when the Jurassic gang wanted to let off some steam? They danced, of course! They rocked and rolled, they twirled and tromped! They had themselves a dinosaur stomp! Join Diplodocus, Iguanodon, Duckbill, Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, Brontosaurus and other rockin’ dinosaurs at the biggest, loudest, wildest party ever! Boomalacka boomalacka! Whack! Whack! WHACK!
This is a great book for rhyming. My class were able to easily understand the rhymes and fill in the missing words. It is a very colourful book with nice sized pages and text. I do not think it is suitable to be read independently by Reception as there are a few difficult words and dinosaur names.

This is such a colorful book with happy looking dinosaurs; which was the goal when Scott Nash created the illustrations for this book.

The story itself has a very fun vibe and has lots of different dinosaur names which are dipicted in the pictures. This would be a great bedtime story for Dino lovers. It is educational while fun and includes mentions of Cretaceous and Cenozoic eras.

I find it funny that Carol Diggory Shields created this book after her 5 year old called her a Nagosaurus! It is definitely a hilarious beginning while I'm not sure I would have been a creator of a book after being told that.

Overall this was a great book with lively pictures and story. Baby girl loved it even though she wasn't really interested in reading this when I picked it up. I think the

We got this book a week ago at the library and I have read it to the kiddos at least 15 times. They like it and it is pretty cute, but some of those darn dinosaur names are so hard to pronounce!

Cute story about dancing dinosaurs. Good for use with rhyming words and creating rhythm with words and patterns.

This is a fun book for little dinosaur lovers. The pictures are large, colorful and whimsical. Both meat eaters and plant eating dinosaurs dance and romp through this rhyming book. You will want to dance along too as you read this book.