Children's Books for LA TImes

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Dinosaur Days




















Title: Dinosaur Days      
Author: Joyce Milton
Illustrator: Richard Roe
Date of publication: 1988
Publishing Company: Random House Children’s Books
Awards: n/a

Genre: Non-Fiction
Subgenre: Informational
Theme: Descriptions of different kinds of dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago
Primary Characters: several different dinosaurs
Secondary characters: n/a

Classroom Use: The book is good and informational about dinosaurs. It is an easy to read book for children that are transitioning from picture books into chapter books. Great way for kids to read and learn about dinosaurs and all about them.

Summary: The book gives lots of information, facts, and illustrations to various dinosaurs that lived on our planet many millions of years ago. It even has the pronunciations for each of the dinosaur names in the book. The books illustrations are also very well done. The illustrations allow us to imagine what they might have looked like. Overall, Dinosaur days is a very informational dino book!! 

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