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I love how Gennifer Choldenko's newest picture book, Dad and the Dinosaur, normalizes fear, and lets us know that we can move forward. Gennifer Choldenko and Dan Santat are a terrific team here, showing Nicholas's courage as the dinosaur helps make him strong. The dinosaur is ginormous as it helps him score the winning soccer goal when he played against the goalie they called Gorilla.
Part of me expected the story to take the "tough love" approach when Nicholas loses his dinosaur. As an adult, I ...more
Part of me expected the story to take the "tough love" approach when Nicholas loses his dinosaur. As an adult, I ...more
I really loved the story and illustrations in this book, but I really HATED how the dad and his son blew the mom off at the end of the story to "do guy stuff." I get the idea behind it, and think it is a very sweet, but I think it unnecessarily isolates the mom in the story, and wish that different text had been used to communicate the bonding taking place between the dad and son.
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A boy is able to face his fears when he has his dinosaur. When he loses it, he is unable to tell his mother, but when his father says it is okay to be afraid he is able to admit his fear and his father helps him find the dinosaur.
Beautiful Father's Day gift for those good daddies in your life.
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April 2017 - a sweet story about fear and courage. I love the way the dinosaur looms large in Santat's illustrations. Ben asked for it again right away.
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Very sweet book!
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