Cute way to "liven" up prehistory.

I like the rhythm of this one. It requires some pre-story time practice because it uses the actual names of the dinosaurs and some of them are easy to trip up on. But it was a fun read, the art is bright and enticing, and it went over well in story time.

Diggory Shields, Carol. Illustrated by Nash, Scott. Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp (1997).
If it’s Saturday night, and the rock and roll is blaring, count on feeling the tremors as the dinosaurs gather to dance and stomp the night away! This lyrical and musical poetic story dances along with its onomatopoeia-filled stanzas yet at the same time identifies each species of dinosaur by its scientific name. The watercolor and pencil drawings fill the large pages with joyful expressions and party backgrounds. This book will surely entertain as a read aloud or as emerging readers discover phonetics. “Boomalacka, boomalacka! Whack! Whack! Whack!” Large hardcover with sturdy pages. Target audience: pre-readers to early elementary school students, up to grade 3.

I've read this children's book quite a few times but I never realized I hadn't tracked it on GR so after completing the 50/50 book challenge for this year I placed this here so I don't forget it.

It was my Mum who put me onto this book when I worked with a child who LOVED dinosaurs and I mean to the point of high obsession. This book is great for young children because it's got rhymes and lovely colourful pictures illustrating dinosaurs dancing!! Basically it's a story about dinosaurs who are going to have a party,getting ready for it and enjoying the party all night long.
It might even help you with naming some of those not so easy dinosaur names..haha! It's also just short but long enough to keep the kids interested. Could even get them into the swing of wanting to do their own rhyme.

Like all the best kids' books, this is one you don't mind reading over and over again. The rhymes set up a rock 'n' roll rhythm. The bright, colourful illustrations make it a lot of fun. It was a favourite for some time when my son was about 4 - 5.

A lovely story that would be great for all children as it shows them a lot of different dinosaur with great illustrations. It's fun to read but also difficult as some of the names of the dinosaurs are very difficult to pronounce so you will need to read before hand and practice if your thinking of reading this out loud to your class. Great fun story for all ages

Fun

I liked that it rhymed. I tripped over some of the dinosaur names, but I do like that it introduced my kids to some of the less known dinosaurs. It's a cute read.

The preschoolers really enjoyed this read.

Very cute and fun story.

Read at Piedmont Elementary School, Piedmont, Alabama for the United Way's Read Across America Day.

Fun, I know my students will be able to help me with the dinosaur names. Music teacher might enjoy doing with students.
P.K.

I'm counting what I have read to the first graders because I don't have time to read real books during the day and I have a goal to meet- part (?)

I couldn't pronounce the different types of dinosaurs and the kids became suspicious of my literacy.