There's a Dinosaur in Your Book (Who's In Your Book?) by Dynamo, Tom Fletcher
Published by Random House Children's Books Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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In this interactive picture book from the Who’s in Your Book series, readers are invited to turn the page, say, “Hello, Triceratops!” and other actions to assist Little Dinosaur in learning to do things quietly, so as not to wake up the big dinosaur sleeping somewhere in the book. It is a lighthearted attempt to show preschoolers how to use their inside voices as they play.

Little Dinosaur learns to be a good firend as she helps Tricearatops pick up berries, counts butterflies with Diplodocus, and greets Stegosaurus. Unfortunately, she doesn’t learn much about using her inside voice, and deep-thinking preschoolers may wonder why she’s being asked to use her inside voice when she’s outside.

Inevitably, Big Dinosaur wakes up. Little Dinosaur cajoles Big Dinosaur (who appears to be one of her parents) into a jolly mood with silly faces, dances, and singing along with her little dinosaur friends and the reader.

Readers will enjoy the interactivity on every page and the illustrations are bright and cheerful; the dinosaurs are very cute with wide eyes and friendly smiles.

It’s possible to use this book as a starting point for a discussion about when it’s appropriate to  to use one’s inside or outside voice  and interactive read-alouds actively engaging the reader are always in demand, but there are better options for both. Recommended as an additional purchase where the Who’s in Your Book series is popular.

Deanna Contrino, SLMS
K-2 Resource Librarian, Scarborough Schools