If you have a little dino lover, you might want to check out Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs — an endearing book about the eponymous boy and the box of toy dinosaurs that he discovered in his grandma’s attic, with a lost-and-found story arc.

If you have a little dino lover, you might want to check out Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs — an endearing book about the eponymous boy and the box of toy dinosaurs that he discovered in his grandma’s attic, with a lost-and-found story arc.
Frankly, having a dinosaur on regular roads alongside other vehicles is a recipe for disaster, but it does make for a fun children’s-book premise. After all, which kid can resist the idea of a friendly, lovable dinosaur transporting them to school every day?
This is a great board-book series that helps to reinforce positive behaviour and good manners in the little ones. The brightly coloured cartoons are appealing, while the sparse, humorous text in large fonts make it easy even for the youngest readers to understand and memorise the words in no time.
Manners are nice to have, but the process of instilling them can be kinda boring since more often than not, parents end up nagging their kids to mind their P’s and Q’s. To be fair, though, most kids don’t mean to be rude — they’re probably too preoccupied with having fun to remember the myriad dull rules that adults come up with.
Thus, Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur tries to make learning manners fun for the little ones — and it succeeds, too.
Dinosaurs are extinct — this we all know. But which young dinosaur fan hasn’t fantasised about keeping one for a pet? How to Raise a Dinosaur thus builds on this fantastical and make-believe scenario by providing a how-to guide for aspiring dinosaur-owners, offering tips on how to choose and care for one’s prehistoric pet of choice.
Tea Rex is about a little girl who decides to invite T-Rex to her tea party. And so, she tries to be the perfect hostess, from sending him a proper invitation to setting the table nicely and holding a proper conversation with her guests. Of course, with a dinosaur as her special guest, things don’t go according to plan, to say the least.
The How Do Dinosaurs ___? series will appeal to little dinosaur fans who will be mesmerized by the bold and detailed illustrations of different — and clearly named — dinosaurs in scenarios that they can identify with, in this case, in school.
The books help to encourage good behaviour and discourage the bad by using dinosaurs to lead by example.
The How Do Dinosaurs ___? series will appeal to little dinosaur fans who will be mesmerized by the bold and detailed illustrations of different — and clearly named — dinosaurs in scenarios that they can identify with, in this case, during bedtime.
The books help to encourage good behaviour and discourage the bad by using dinosaurs to lead by example.
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! is a simple and fun board book that uses short rhyming phrases and dinosaurs to illustrate opposites.
I Am a Tyrannosaurus is a cute book that encourages the child to exercise his imagination and pretend to be a dinosaur, just like the little boy in the illustrations. My son was also tickled by how the boy also assigned his mother an appropriate dinosaur name — Maiasaura, which means ‘good mother lizard’.
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