How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?

Name: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jane Yolen
ISBN: 9780545632898

Author: Jane Yolen

Narrator: Jane Yolen

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weston Woods

Published: 02/26/2007

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Animal Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague are back with another playful tale- how dinosaurs behave at mealtime.How does a dinosaur eat all his food? Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude? Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup, hoping to make someone else pick it up? Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table. However, with a little help from Mom and Dad, these young dinosaurs eat all before them with smiles and goodwill.

About Jane Yolen

Born and raised in New York City, Jane Yolen now lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She attended Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. The distinguished author of more than 170 books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. When she is not writing, Yolen composes songs, is a professional storyteller on the stage, and is the busy wife of a university professor, the mother of three grown children, and a grandmother. All of Yolen's stories and poems are rooted in her sense of family and self. The Emperor and the Kite, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1983 for its intricate paper-cut illustrations by Ed Young, was based on Yolen's relationship with her late father, who was an international kite-flying champion. Owl Moon, winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal for John Schoenherr's exquisite watercolors, was inspired by her husband's interest in birding.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on February 17, 2018

This is definitely a clever way to teach its target audience about proper table manners. I like the use of the dinosaurs, which not only attract the children, but take the place of the children in these particular situations. I also like the examples that are given when it comes to beginning with ho......more

Goodreads review by Kat on March 27, 2012

Basic Plot: While we may assume dinosaurs are messy, picky, impolite eaters, in reality they are very polite and open to trying new things. Really. This is a very quick rhymer to read. The art is really good, especially in the pictures where the dinos are misbehaving. The looks on the parents' faces......more

Goodreads review by Christina on September 15, 2019

Read this one to the kids I work with. They all really enjoyed it, as did I. It's a book about manners but makes it fun. The kids loved seeing the dinosaurs doing unmannerly things but understood that that wasn't what you were supposed to do. They were really big on the please and thank you part. Ve......more

Goodreads review by Barbara Nicole on October 29, 2018

Text-to-Teaching Connection: I hate to admit it, but this would most definitely be a perfect book to read to my K1 class. They have had a very difficult time in the lunchroom and could use the gentle reminder on what the expectations are of them in the lunchroom. All the impolite behaviors described......more

Goodreads review by Isabella on December 30, 2021

The illustrations and story told in this short tale has been part of my fondest memories of my night stories when I was young. These were great books.......more