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Title: Dinosailors by Deb Lund, Howard Fine ISBN: 0-15-204609-7 Publisher: Harcourt Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Dino-disappointment
Comment: I was sorely disappointed with the text of this book. The use of "dino" before numerous words does not a catchy story make. I'm a huge fan of the illustrator and my toddler is a huge fan of dinosaurs, so we were eager for the book to arrive. The story, though, is written in such a way that it could be anything -- bears, people, dogs, aliens. There's nothing uniquely DINOSAUR about the characters. I was really hoping for a clever story that married the nature of dinosaurs with the life of a sailor -- perhaps even *teaching* me something about dinosaurs or life at sea. No such luck. The rhythm feels stilted, many of the rhymes sound flat and the two-page spread of all the dinosaurs spewing green vomit off the sides of the ship really is too much. As alluring as the cover art is, I recommend you pass on this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Love this book!
Comment: My 2.5 year old thinks this is soooo funny. She loves to look at the pictures and she gets the humor of the story. A wonderful and creative book! Thanks!
Rating: 5
Summary: Dino-fans Take Note!
Comment: In this rhyming high-sea adventure we meet a crew of delightful dinosailors who are "hale and hearty-dinotough! / They talk of salty sailing stuff: / Blocks and winches, dinocleats, / Shackles, tacking, trimming sheets."
After readying their ship, and raising anchor using "dinoforce," they head out with the wind. They sing sea songs and "have a ball." That is, until they meet with a storm. They bump into walls-and each other. "They mash the mast and ram the rails." They also become seasick. (One double-paged spread shows the dinosailors being sick-thankfully from a distance.) This is enough to convince the bunch to return to blessedly firm land and their homes.
They don't, however, remain at home for long. "Once more they hear adventure's cry, / So dinotravelers say good-bye." This time they choose a more stable form of transportation-a train.
The gouache and watercolor illustrations, done in bold, bright colors, are a perfect match for the text. Fine uses various perspectives to great effect.
Dinosailors works well as a read-aloud and also for one-on-one sharing.
Reviewed by the Education Oasis Staff.
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Title: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, David Shannon ISBN: 0152018484 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin ISBN: 006000150X Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson, Joan Rankin ISBN: 0689840810 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer ISBN: 0689852916 Publisher: Atheneum Books Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Tell Me a Scary Story... But Not Too Scary! (Book & Audio CD) by Carl Reiner, James Bennett ISBN: 0316833290 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.45 |
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