Dinothesaurus is written and illustrated by Douglas Florian.
This prehistoric inspired book is filled with paintings and poems. This book is
filled with all sorts of dinosaur related poems and interesting paintings.
This book genre is poetry and although it does not contain
hard hitting content relating to social justice it is a fun book to get
children interested in poetry via their love for dinosaurs or to get children
who love poetry interested in dinosaurs. The illustrations are colorful and the
poems are funny. It is an easy read. The poems help with rhyming words,
similes, comparing, logic, and history of different kinds of dinosaurs.
I thought this book was a fun way to introduce students to
poetry by branching off of preexisting interests of my students.
Along with other books of poetry in various topics I would
be able to present poetry in a fun way where my students would be able to
relate to the new content being taught.
~AE
I think this book would be great for a kindergarten class as this could tie into additional theme studies such as museum exploration, evolution ( dinosaurs are a big thing with little kids) etc.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Samantha! This sounds like a great book for Kindergarten and yes children love dinosaurs!!
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