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Such are the trembling sounds of the gigantic dinosnores. Not everyone knows that the earth used to be made up of one huge supercontinent -- until the loud snores of the dinosaurs caused the land to quake and split! Kelly DiPucchio's fun and boisterous take on a page out of history is brought to life in Ponder Goembel's colorful, fantastic world of flying pterodactyls and rumbling brontosauruses.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3-The dinosaurs are getting ready for bed, making all the necessary preparations: "They bathed, and brushed, and fluffed their ferns/around the dino site-/then laid their horns and spikes to rest/and kissed their eggs goodnight." Once cuddled under their various quilts and blankets, they all begin to snore. There are "bronto-booms, tricera-cries, raptor-rumbles, stego-sighs," etc. The noise becomes so raucous that it causes tumultuous seas and volcanic eruptions, and eventually the continent splits in two and drifts apart. The verse flows smoothly and contains some clever wordplay, but it is Goembel's art that steals the show. All of the necessary plates, spikes, and horns are there, but these brightly colored dinos are downright endearing as they curl up on pillows festooned with teddy bears or ducks, a claw or two thrown protectively over a sleeping baby. The detailed acrylic paintings are rich in texture but have clean, crisp lines that are pleasing to the eye. Pair this with Jane Yolen's How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (Scholastic, 2000) for a dino-mite storytime.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
How did the ancient supercontinent break up to become separate continents? Every night in that long-ago time, the rumbling snores of dinosaurs caused the earth to shake, rock, and finally split apart. Though the rhyme is occasionally awkward, this tongue-in-cheek history is accompanied by humorous illustrations of sleeping, snoring dinosaurs, complete with their blankies and stuffed animals. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
How did the dinosaurs get ready for bed? "They bathed and brushed and fluffed their ferns / around the dino site . . . / then laid their horns and spikes to rest / and kissed their eggs good night." Plainly modeled on the toy dinosaurs that are part of so many young readers' kit bags, huge, toothy figures in jellybean colors settle down, many clutching plushies, all about a prehistoric landscape. And were dinosaurs quiet sleepers? Not so--in fact, the cumulative effect of all those thunderous "Proto-grunts, / Diplo-hoots, / Allo-snorts / and Tyranno-toots" drove amphibians out of the water, ignited volcanoes and ultimately caused the Earth itself to crack open, sending the modern continents adrift. Along with proposing a novel theory of plate tectonics, this poke at the past will produce from children the same sort of Tyranno-toots as Jane Yolen's How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (2000). (Picture book. 6-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
PreS-Gr. 2. It's bedtime on the Jurassic plains--nice for dino parents and children, but not so nice for other creatures when huge dinosnores fill the air, stir up the seas, trigger earthquakes, and, later, cause the continent to divide, sending the dinos off to sea: As for the rest. You may have guessed . . . It's ancient history. Puns, bouncy verse, and vibrant art combine for a fun read-aloud. Colorful, intricately detailed illustrations incorporate whimsical, sometimes silly details: sleeping dinosaurs, snoring and happily oblivious to the chaos they create with their bronto-booms, tricera-cries, raptor-rumbles, stego-sighs. This creative approach to extinction is a bit peppy for bedtime, and an occasional word may baffle young listeners. All the same, this fun take on history is sure to entertain, amuse, and inspire plenty of hilarity among the younger set. --Shelle Rosenfeld Copyright 2005 Booklist