He chooses the biggest dinosaur, but when it won't fit through his door, back to the store he goes. A very lucky little boy just happens to have a Dino Pets store in his town.
Kirkus ReviewsDinosaur lovers' imaginations soar with this inventive flight of fancy from Plourde. OwenCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information. Despite the text's uneven cadence, the subject matter and humorous art will appeal to children. Brief facts about the featured species are appended. The scariest dino bursts into tears when it observes the boy's family running away in terror.
The longest dinosaur allows himself to be used as a piece of playground equipment for climbing, swinging, and sliding children. The highlight of the tale is the skillfully rendered and entertaining double-page artwork, which is similar in tone and appearance to Mark Teague's illustrations in Jane Yolen's "How Do Dinosaurs" books (Scholastic). The simple story is told in rhyming couplets that don't always scan well, and the rhymes are occasionally stretched (e.g., "pocket" and "locked it"). The youngster sadly returns home only to find that the creatures are all there, waiting for him. Next, he chooses the longest dino for sale, with equally unhappy results, and so on, until the store's stock is depleted. However, when he discovers that the creature can't fit into his house, he returns to the shop (receipt in hand) to get another pet, "the fastest dino/I could get." Unfortunately, this one dons size 55½ sneakers and runs away. School Library JournalĪ boy goes to the new Dino Pets store and walks home with the biggest dinosaur available.
A section of facts about the amazing giants makes the book a complete delight for the youngest paleontologists. Kids will love the juxtaposition of prehistoric creatures and modern-day suburbia. Sure, some of them might be a little too big and others might be too fast, but there are advantages, tooa Seismosaurus makes a great backyard playset! In this bouncy read-aloud, the larger-than-life but well-meaning dinosaurs come to life in vibrant color. Lynn Plourde’s visit to RLRS was sponsored and funded by Rangeley Friends of the Arts.Where does a young dinosaur admirer go to find a pet? The Dino Pets store carries every kind of dinosaur a kid could possibly want.
#DINO PETS BY LYNN PLOURDE SERIES#
And so, I developed a series of instructional books, CLASSROOM LISTENING AND SPEAKING (for preschoolers up through 5th-6th graders), which are filled with hundreds of fun learning activities for classroom teachers to use with their entire classes.” “I believe that in today’s visual world, all children need extra help learning to be good listeners and speakers. After graduation from Skowhegan Area High School, she went to the University of Maine at Orono and received degrees in speech therapy. Plourde was born in Dexter and grew up in Showhegan. During the day each primary classroom received an hour student workshop targeting grade level literacy curriculum goals. Using her book Grandpappy Snippy Snappy children pondered the question, “How many uses can there be for a pair of suspenders?” A fun filled student dramatization of Pigs in the Mud brought to life the language of yet another of her books. With her use of lively student participation she invited the children into the magic of the rhyme and imagination of Dino Pets. Plourde presented a few of her 27 titles. On January 30, Maine children’s author Lynn Plourde visited the kindergarten through second grade students at Rangeley Lakes Regional School.