The boys LOVE the book Dino Pets by Lynn Plourde and illustrated by Gideon Kendall. We first discovered this book at the library. Logan didn’t want to return it. He was so upset when it was due to go back. Heck he’s always wishing that he could have a dinosaur for a pet. Being the lucky boy that Logan is, his Grammie bought him the book, so now we read it often…very often.
The story is about a boy who goes and buys a dinosaur for a pet and runs into a little bit of trouble. First he gets the BIGGEST dino and it doesn’t fit through the door. He tries the SMALLEST dino, but it falls out of his pocket. He tries the FASTEST, SOFTEST, FIERCEST, LONGEST…all paired with gorgeous illustrations. There is even a dinosaur glossary at the end.
The poetic rhythm of the book is enjoyed by all my boys. They even argue who gets the read the pages (which they know by heart of course). Usually when we read this book there are four voices narrating it.
Right now I’m really excited – While searching for the image for this post I have discovered that Lynn Plourde also wrote a follow-up book. Dino Pets Go To School! I MUST get them this one before the end of summer. They are going to be so excited!
Sounds like a fantastic book! Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂
Thanks to you and your boys for your enthusiasm for my DINO PETS book. And glad you discovered DINO PETS GO TO SCHOOL too. Endorsements from kids and a mom–doesn’t get any better than that =)! Feel free to explore books on my website–I have video read-alouds of many of my books, such as this one: http://www.lynnplourde.com/index.php/books?bid=11 (bottom of the page) & then sometimes maybe I can “read” with you and your boys (cyber-ly at least!). I’ll have to see if I can get the DINO books taped for a reading soon. Thanks again! Lynn Plourde
Lynn thank you so much. I wish I caught your comment before I put them to bed. We will have to check the read-alouds tomorrow. They will LOVE it!
The kids will love it!
My son loves dinosaurs – we have all of the How Do Dinosaurs (clean their room, go to school, say happy birthday, etc.). Can’t wait to check these out!
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we love those too!! They actually have DInosaurs say good night on a Scholastic DVD – the boys love it!!