Hello, World! Kids' Guides: Exploring Dinosaurs

by Jill McDonald

Overview

The best-selling Hello, World! board book series expands into picture books, for science and nonfiction fans who are ready for the next step.

In Exploring Dinosaurs, readers can learn all about prehistoric creatures, with favorites such as T. rex and Stegosaurus, mini dinosaurs the size of a turkey, and even a swimming dinosaur. Dinosaur fans will find:

• Fascinating details about dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods.

• Panels of stats for kids who love data, with information about size, body parts, diet, and more.

• Questions that ask the reader to think about dinosaurs in relation to themselves, such as "If you discovered a dinosaur, what would you call it?"

Loyal Hello, World! fans who are reading on their own, as well as any kid who loves nonfiction, will find many captivating hours of learning and inspiration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593568194
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	02/07/2023
Series:	Hello, World!: Hello, World! Kids' Guide
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,043,959
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

JILL McDONALD is the Missouri-based author-illustrator of the Hello, World! nonfiction children's book series. Her cheery and colorful art can be found on clothing, fabric, bedding, stationery, puzzles, and games and in a variety of books for babies and toddlers. See more of her work at jillmcdonalddesign.com and follow her on Instagram at @missjillmcdonald.

Editorial Reviews

2022-10-26
A roundup of, mostly, the usual (extinct) suspects with basic facts to go along.

McDonald sets the scene with looks at the three periods of the Mesozoic era plus a diverse trio of generic paleontologists at work. She then goes on to introduce 18 dinosaurs, mostly paired on the page or spread but not always to scale—some in brief, others with fact boxes and somewhat longer descriptions—from the very early Nyasasaurus parringtoni to the semiaquatic Spinosaurus. Young dinophiles may enjoy chewing over the occasional discussion question (“Would you rather have a long neck or a spiked tail?”), but those who relish scenes of rending and tearing in their prehistoric fare will be disappointed by the bland art, which presents its toothy subjects in static poses, rendered with pale patterns and tones (except for the multihued plates running along the back of Stegosaurus, the name banners outshine the creatures they identify) and often set against minimally detailed natural settings. A set of young museum visitors clustering around a skeleton in the final scene is racially diverse. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A bland also-ran with anemic art. (sources, further reading) (Informational picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews

★ "Retains the original series’ bright colors and playful style. . . . Popular dinos mix with the less familiar (Herrerasaurus, Deinocheirus), and curious kiddos will get a good sense of the Mesozoic’s shifting environment as well as how dinos evolved with the changing times."—Booklist, starred review

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