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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

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Title- How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Author: Jane Yolen Illustrator: Mark Teague ISBN: 0-590-31681-8 Pages: 32 Publisher: The Blue Sky Press

__A summary of the book:__ This book is about dinosaurs who are being taught how to go to sleep. It goes through all of the things dinosaurs should not do like “swing his neck from side to side” or “demand a piggyback ride”. The book lists all the crazy things a dinosaur could possibly do before going to sleep. However, it ends with what a good dinosaur should do, which is give mom a kiss, turn out the light and tuck themselves in.

__A review of the book:__ This is a cute book that is great for teaching kids how to behave, especially at night before they go to bed. It uses dinosaurs to portray how kids act before bed, showing them what they look like. The use of dinosaurs is great to keep the kids engaged because younger children usually love dinosaurs. This is a great book for children in grades K-2 to use.

__An author bio:__

Jane Yolen is an American author who writes not only children’s books, but also fantasy and science fiction. She considers herself a poet, journalist and nonfiction writer. Her first book was published on her 22nd birthday. Yolen is famous as well for the The Pit Dragon Chronicles, and has won numerous World Fantasy awards for her books.

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janeyolen.com

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I really like the use of imagery in this book because of how well it engages the reader. I think the illustrator, Mark Teague, did a great job incorporating imagination into a real-life setting. As you flip the pages the images clearly go along with what the author is thinking, and also almost bring to life what it would be like to see a dinosaur in a bedroom. I also love how Teague incorporated a different dinosaur on each page on the book. The imagery used in this book really brought the book together and engages the reader.