Dino Pajama Party: A Bedtime Book

by Laurie Wallmark, Michael Robertson (Illustrator)

Overview

Join the dinos for a bash before bedtime!

Much like us, dinosaurs love to have fun. Dinosaurs from all around gather together to play instruments, dance, and sing before bedtime. But soon the dinosaurs grow tired and need their rest. This is a book that's sure to have kids following the dinos' lead as they get ready to go to sleep.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762497751
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	10/19/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 11.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Laurie Wallmark is an award-winning children's author from New Jersey. She is a former software engineer and computer science professor.

Michael Robertsonis an illustrator living in Cleveland. In addition to enjoying painting and cooking, he has an extensive collection of vintage soul, jazz, and Brazilian music that he has acquired over the years.

Editorial Reviews

08/16/2021

“Dinos rock and dinos roll./ Dinos stomp, and dinos stroll,” Wallmark begins in this infectious picture book. “All the dinos on the street/ boogie to that funky beat,” reads the next spread, and the narrative continues in couplets that match tempo as the dinosaurs dance around town, sing in onomatopoeia, form a band, and play instruments, until the party winds down as exhaustion overtakes them and they all trudge to their apparently communal home: a long hall packed with two parallel rows of beds. A variety of expressive, animation-style dinosaurs, boldly colored and dressed in multipatterned pajamas—onesies and long-sleeves, nightcaps and slippers—groove on each page, with an inviting array of warm digital textures by Robertson adding depth to each spread. Short, bouncy rhymes and energetic art will make this celebratory, familiar book a bedtime readaloud staple for dancers and dino-lovers both. Ages 4–8. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"A welcome alternative after the quadrillionth reading of Sandra Boynton’s Dinosaur Dance! or as a quick charmer in a dinosaur- or dance-party–themed daylight storytime."—Kirkus Reviews

"Short, bouncy rhymes and energetic art will make this celebratory, familiar book a bedtime readaloud staple for dancers and dino-lovers both."—Publishers Weekly

"A bedtime, nap time, fun time, anytime picture book. . . . A very special and unreservedly recommended addition to family, daycare, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections."—Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

2021-08-18
In a rollicking romp, dinosaurs in pajamas and onesies gather to get down, then lie down.

“Dinos roar, and dinos shriek. / Dinos boom, and dinos squeak. // Dinos singing extra loud / rush to join the dino crowd.” In cadences reminiscent of Paul and Henrietta Stickland’s classic (and sadly out-of-print) Dinosaur Roar! (1994), dinos of diverse species march into a park to swing and shake to the “rocking sound” of a prehistoric dance band…until the sun goes down, and all trail off to snoozeland: “Snug in bed, / they dance no more. // Fast asleep, / the dinos snore.” The light may dim, but the intensity of Robertson’s palette doesn’t as he depicts in loud hues stampedes of hustling herbivores and cavorting carnivores rushing along a small-town street, boogeying to the beat, gradually winding down, and ending up snuggled beneath cozy coverlets in a dino-dormitory. Even by the end the energy level may be a bit on the high side for an effective bedtime read-aloud, but it’ll serve as a welcome alternative after the quadrillionth reading of Sandra Boynton’s Dinosaur Dance! (2016) or as a quick charmer in a dinosaur- or dance-party–themed daylight storytime. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Who wouldn’t gladly boogie down to bed with, say, a toothy T. rex? (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews