Florian,
Douglas. 2009. Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings. New
York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781416979784
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obtained from amazon.com)
Summary
Dinothesaurus:
Prehistoric Poems and Paintings is a single-author anthology of
20 dinosaur-related poems aimed towards children in first through fifth
grade. Each poem showcases a different dinosaur.
Quality
and Appeal
The
poetry in Dinothesaurus:
Prehistoric Poems and Paintings combines
historical fact, literary function and poetic device with wordplay often
characteristic of other Florian poetry. Line breaks, stresses, language,
and rhyme flows from page to page with the painting and collage of dinosaurs
found across each spread. Facts such as chronological order of
prehistoric eras, physical characteristics of dinosaurs, and pronunciation of
all too difficult names mix in with the fun, witty, and presumptuous musings of
Douglas Florian
Despite
the craftiness and relatable language which make this an enjoyable read, some
of the literary devices and factoids might be lost on earlier readers.
The more receptive crowd for this book would be upper elementary children.
Awards,
Mentions and/or Honors
Nominated
for the Great Lakes’ Great Book Award in 2010
Nominated
for the Beehive Children’s Poetry Book Award in 2011
Spotlight Poem
Pterosaurs
The
pterrifying pterosaurs
Flew
ptours the ptime of dinosaurs.
With
widespread wings and pteeth pto ptear,
They
pterrorized the pteeming air.
They
were not ptame.
They
were ptenacious –
From
the Ptriassic
Pto the
Cretaceous.
Through
the exhibition of a silent, proceeding letter, educators can use this poem to
introduce phonetic characteristics of print in the English language, including
auxiliary letters, digraphs, and dummy letters.
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