How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten?

This book is a counting book that shows dinosaurs in the bedroom. Their playfulness and giddiness of being entertained by toys is highlighted and shown in the various things that they find themselves getting into and becoming preoccupied by. There is one teddy bear, two balloons, and three toy trucks that the various species are enthralled by. At the end of the story, the reader is asked to "review" the inventory of the things that have been counted by re-reading the book. It is extremely interactive and a cyclical story telling format that is great for partner reading.
I think that the bold imagery of the book and is straight forwardness are really what make this appealing to young readers. It holds the attention of the reader and show more makes a sort of rhyme out of counting. Since it is so short, it is great that the author kept this in mind, because by doing so, she is able to write it in a way that calls the reader to continue and revisit the book over and over again. show less

Such a fun book with catchy illustrations. I read this one with my littles today and they laughed and had fun. The boys are very much into dinos so that was a plus and this book encouraged them to count and read along with me.

This is my favorite counting book and I find that children love to learn almost anything if it involves some dinosaurs. Counting can seem boring but this book makes it fun!

This series of books is always fun for the dinosaur lover in the family. I'm personally not a huge fan of dinosaurs but the illustrations of the dinosaurs in this series crack me up. I didn't realize there was a counting book in this series. This was a fun book, I read it with my group and they enjoyed it. I appreciate the cleverness of the child pretending to be a dinosaur as I have had so many children who "become" the dinosaur over the years.

I like this book, by Jane Yolen, for many different reasons. The first thing I liked about it was how the numbers (1-10) were not only represented in the text but also in the illustrations. For example, when the text was talking about the number one the illustration showed one teddy bear and when the text was talking about the number two it showed two balloons. I also liked the descriptive language that the author used. Each noun he mentioned was described by an adjective; "tattered teddy bear," "dirty socks," "big letter blocks." This made the story more interesting and enjoyable to read. The big idea of this book is learning to count to ten.

The How Do Dinosaurs...? series is a loved series of books with my little boy. The illustrations are very helpful and colorful. This series is for younger reader and very useful in teaching many different basics. In the book How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten? is a neat book on how to teach children to count, it does so without it feeling like work.

I thought this was a very cute book. I have never read these books before and was excited after reading this one because my son loves dinosaurs. So this was a win for my classroom as well as for home. I think books like this are a great hook for getting boys more excited about reading.