DINO PET (Imagine 2012) by Marc Sedaka is based on his father's song, "Calendar Girl." The books comes with a CD with three songs including the one in the title. A boy watches as his young dino grows and grows all to the refrain of "I love I love I love my little dinosaur pet" (and now I apologize for putting this lyric in your head for the day). Kids will love reading the book and then listening to the music that accompanies it. <154>
DANCING WITH DINOSAURS by Jane Clarke with illustrations by Lee Wildish (Imagine 2012) takes dinosaurs and puts them on a Dancing with the Stars sort of show. They all hope to wow the judges who seem to be disappearing one at a time. I wonder where the judges will end up? Tie this to the lovely poetry collection by Jane Yolen DINOSAUR DANCES. <155>
Dancing with the stars and dinosaurs, what a cute idea. I really think my students would love this book.
ReplyDeleteI loved dinosaurs as a child as well as dancing. I have not read this, but it sounds similar to Giraffes don't Dance. Sounds great.
ReplyDeleteI do love a good twist on a Neil Sedaka tune! Dancing brings joy to a heart..love the ideas behind these books. I wish they had been around when my children were young.
ReplyDeleteWe just finished up a dinosaur unit. It is one of my favorite units.Dancing with Dinosaurs sounds like a must have.
ReplyDeleteWish I had thought of a dancing with the stars dino book, awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great book to link poetry, reading, and writing.
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