Overall, Teague’s style reminds me of William Joyce, whose own picture books I have always personally enjoyed. The illustrations are highly stylized, and while I would not call the dinosaurs at all realistic, neither are they quite as cartoony as Dinosaur Roar. The book works well whether read aloud to a younger child, or as a beginner book for an older child learning to read. The rhyming prose is clear and pleasant to read, although the rhythm gets thrown off in a couple places. The book shows how they COULD throw temper tantrums, but affirms that really they know better, and that the night always goes better when one heads to bed without a fuss. In this story, the dinosaurs, apparently standing in for human children imagining themselves as such, react as their (human) parents tell them to head to bed. Like “ Dinosaur Roar!”, this book doesn’t really focus on the dinosaurs themselves, but rather uses them as a narrative prop for an exploration of good and bad bedtime behavior. (For the video version of this review, click here to visit the Dino Dad Reviews YouTube channel! For the Christmas version, check out my review of How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?) Welcome back to Dino Dad Reviews! In this post I will be reviewing “ How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?”, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague.
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