How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors?

by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator)

Overview

The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague present their third original dinosaur board book, a fun read-aloud that teaches children all the colors of the rainbow.

Dinosaur colors start with red:A red fire truck stuck under the bed,A purple towel left on the floor,A green sign taped to the closet door,The third board book by the bestselling, award-winning duo Jane Yolen and Mark Teague focuses on one of the most fun concepts learned in childhood: colors. Packed with vibrant illustrations of dinosaurs drawing, painting, and playing, this book will captivate and inspire children as they learn their colors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439856539
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2006
Series:	How Do Dinosaurs...? Series
Edition description:	BOARD
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	74,174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD360L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Jane Yolen is the beloved author of more than 365 books for children and adults, including award-winning picture books, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to two Nebula Awards and a National Book Award nomination, she has received a Golden Kite from SCBWI, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, and the California Young Reader Medal. Yolen's How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? was an ALA Notable Book and a Christopher Medal winner. The book has gone on to become a widely popular bestselling series with over 15 million copies in print. She lives in Western Massachusetts.
Mark Teague is the international bestselling illustrator (and author) of more than 50 books for children. His numerous awards and honors include the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the Christopher Medal. He has illustrated 12 full-size books and 11 board books in the widely successful How Do Dinosaurs...? series. He is the author of the popular Dear Mrs. LaRue, Firehouse!, and Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries. He lives in New York State.

Editorial Reviews

Littlest hands will want to hold a host of original board books and old favorites in durable editions. Fans of How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? and How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? won't want to miss two new original board book entries by Jane Yolen, illus. by Mark Teague: How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? and How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? In the duo's signature style, rhyming couplets roll out the lessons, while full-spread images show dinos in human predicaments. "Dinosaur colors start with red:/ A red fire truck tucked under the bed," begins the first title; while the second offers dino dos and don'ts, "What if a dinosaur's friends come to play?/ Does he mope, does he pout if he can't get his way?" Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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