FICTION

Dinosaur Countdown

by Nicholas OLDLAND
illus. by author. 24p. CIP. Kids Can. 2012. Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-1-55453-834-8.
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PreS-Gr 1—Oldland counts down from "10 striding velociraptors" to "1 lumbering stegosaurus" as dinosaurs cavort all over the pages, eating, sleeping, playing, and flying. The page for zero shows a dinosaur skeleton. "None. No dinosaurs. (They're extinct, silly!)" There is no background to all of the different dinosaurs that are drawn solely in shades of green and brown. Most of them seem to be smiling, even when showing their teeth, and the words "herbivore," "carnivore," and "predator" are used but not defined. This title works as a concept book about counting and as a nonthreatening intro to dinos.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
Reviewed by Ieva Bates , Nov 01, 2012

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