How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
by Jane Yolen
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Author: Jane YolenBrand: Scholastic
Illustrator: Mark Teague
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-01
ISBN: 0439241006
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
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Book Review: Get well, little dinosaur!
Summary: 5 Stars
When in comes to boo-boo's, scrapes, cuts, or illnesses, little children can often be the worst and the most dramatic patients. The littlest cut is on par with the gargantuan loss of blood produced from a lost limb. Sicknesses are cause enough for the world to stop turning. And sometimes, a kiss from Mommy just doesn't fully fix things. Trouble is, they want to get better, but seem to want to prolong the agony (for everybody!) as long as possible.
This addition to Jane Yolen's & Mark Yeague's series on How Do Dinosaurs Do Things will strike a chord with the most exasperated parent who gets to care for a hurt or sick child. The main protagonists in this case are sick and ailing dinosaurs who model for us all sorts of behaviors exhibited by our children. As with the other books in the series, the first half of the book focuses on the not-so-helpful behaviors. With wonderfully fun and silly rhymes, each turn of the page presents a new scenario, a different sick dinosaur, and a new question of whether or not a dinosaur would really act this way. "What if a dinosaur catches the flu? Does he whimper and whine in between each ATCHOO?" The caring and oh-so-patient parents look on as their dino-children put on the dramatic fireworks. In one picture, a dinosaur wails with the seeming dramatic flair of an operatic actor on stage with one hand over his chest, the other flung out, and head thrown back in agony. A particularly funny scene asks, "Does he scream? Is he mean? Does he run off and hide?" and depicts the dinosaur sitting in a doctor's waiting room, "hiding" behind a magazine while the puzzled doctor appears to be asking the nurse where his next patient ran off to.
The second half of the book answers the first with a resounding "No!" to all the first questions. Instead, dinosaurs follow doctor's orders "'cause doctors know best," take their medicine without complaints, and gets lots of rest. Anyone having been terrified by the velociraptors of Jurassic Park has obviously never seen one wiping his nose gently with a tissue while being tucked into bed my his mommy. These are the behaviors that are desired by our children and the second-half dinosaurs model them beautifully and are even seen to be improving somewhat by the end of the book.
Also included is the name of the dinosaur hidden somewhere in each picture. This is perhaps the best thing the authors could have done with the names because it doesn't make knowing the names a necessity, but at the same time adds a bit of fun for older children in trying to find them. At this point, my four-year old isn't at all interested in their names, but simply calls each one a dinosaur.
As with the other books in the series, the show-stealer is definitely the illustrations by Mark Teague. He captures the terrible "sufferings" of the dinosaurs as well as the caring parents with such humor, silliness and exquisite detail that will make readers both young and old laugh out loud.
Summary of How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague are back with another playful dinosaur tale--this time about a sick dinosaur child who catches the flu and must go to the doctor.
What if a dinosaur catches the flu?
Does he whimper and whine between each "At-choo"?
Does he drop dirty tissues all over the floor?
Does he fling his medicine out of the door?
Just like kids, little dinosaurs hate being sick. And going to the doctor can be pretty scary. How DO dinosaurs get well soon? They drink lots of juice, and they get lots of rest; they're good at the doctor's, 'cause doctors know best.
As in their previous book, Yolen and Teague capture children's fears about being sick and put them to rest with playful read-aloud verse and wonderfully amusing pictures.
What if a dinosaur catches the flu?
Does he whimper and whine between each "At-choo"?
Does he drop dirty tissues all over the floor?
Does he fling his medicine out of the door?
Just like kids, little dinosaurs hate being sick. And going to the doctor can be pretty scary. How DO dinosaurs get well soon? They drink lots of juice, and they get lots of rest; they're good at the doctor's, 'cause doctors know best.
As in their previous book, Yolen and Teague capture children's fears about being sick and put them to rest with playful read-aloud verse and wonderfully amusing pictures.
Following up their bestseller How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, Caldecott Medal winner Jane Yolen and illustrator Mark Teague have penned this instructive lesson on dinosaur health care. Each double-page spread features one enormous dinosaur looking wan and sniffly but mostly cranky, petulant, ornery, sullen, and disagreeable. The human moms and dads are visibly worried and/or frustrated by their sick dinos behaving badly. Witness the nice lady dragging her gigantic Styracosaurus out of the elevator and across the hall to the doctor's office: "What if a dinosaur goes to the doc? Does he drag all his feet till his mom is in shock?" The look on this mom's face will be familiar to anyone who's ever forcibly moved a child, who seems to have suddenly gained a million pounds, from one place to another. And of course, it turns out that dinosaurs don't misbehave when they're sick: "He drinks lots of juice, and he gets lots of rest. He's good at the doctor's, 'cause doctors know best."
The rhymes are somewhat forced, especially toward the end of the book, but Teague's marvelous paintings are bright and expressive throughout. Each dinosaur is cleverly labeled, and these aren't your run-of-the-mill dinos; dinosaur-obsessed little ones will crow over Parasaurolophus, Euoplocephalus, and Tuojiangosaurus. They'll also learn a little something about how to behave when they're sick. --Jennifer Lindsay
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