By Suzy Levinson
A funny book of poems about dinosaurs and all the things they love to drive, fly, and dive.
Twenty-one short, silly poems hand the keys over to the dinosaurs. Brontosaurus takes a car for a spin, Pterodactyl shows off in the air, T. rex gives diving a go, and a whole crowd of lesser-known dinos pile in behind them. Every poem comes with a pronunciation guide right there on the page, so the enormous names are half the fun instead of a trap.
If your child is deep in a dinosaur phase and also can't walk past a garbage truck, this one hits both at once. The poems are short, so you can read a single one at bedtime or the whole herd if they're wound up and stalling. There's no plot to sit still for, which is exactly why it works for a wriggly listener. Open to any page and go, and the jokes are written so the grown-up reading gets one too.