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6 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Colección Luz Verde series.
One little dinosaur isn't afraid of the big T. rex as all the other dinosaurs are. The little dinosaur taunts the larger one with the refrain "Catch me if you can!" We discover at the end that the big dinosaur is the little one's grandfather. Both the Spanish translation and the bilingual format work well.
Reviewer: Tim Wadham
(3)
PS
A dinosaur preschooler "loved his ABC's so much, he ate them up," thus giving readers a chance to join him as he munches his way through a colorful alphabetical smorgasbord. The bright and busy pages contain just enough items beginning with each letter for young children to have fun pointing them out without becoming overwhelmed. A list of the objects in the back of the book gives further hints.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
(3)
PS
This little piggy snores so loudly that she is chased away from each farm animal's sleeping spot before she finds a species that isn't kept awake by her snoring--the barn owls. With thick black outlines, the solid watercolor figures have an emphasis on pattern that is striking. The simple story uses humor, repetition, and animal sounds to engage its audience.
Reviewer: Suzy Schmidt
(4)
K-3
A kangaroo braggart beats all comers in a jumping contest until the smallest joey bets that she can "jump higher than that tree." She wins, of course, because "trees can't jump!" Although the ending, in which the boastful kangaroo laughs at himself with the others, strikes a false chord, the repetitive text, relatively easy language, and the subject matter are appropriate for beginning readers. The story is illustrated with simple, flat drawings.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
PS
Every page features alliterative tongue twisters, such as "A trio of triceratops touching their toes." Bright, flat marker illustrations are busy but appealingly childlike and introduce toddlers to new vocabulary. Adults will easily tire of the twenty repetitions of the titles, but the phrases may encourage pronunciation skills. The depiction of preschoolers riding a tandem and writing in cursive seems unrealistic.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
(4)
PS
Every page features alliterative tongue twisters, such as "A trio of triceratops touching their toes." Bright, flat marker illustrations are busy but appealingly childlike and introduce toddlers to new vocabulary. Adults will easily tire of the twenty repetitions of the titles, but the phrases may encourage pronunciation skills. The depiction of preschoolers riding a tandem and writing in cursive seems unrealistic.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
6 reviews
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