Dinosaurs Go Green!: A Guide to Protecting Our Planet (Dino Tales Series) Book

Dinosaurs to the Rescue by Laurene Krasny Brown falls under the nonfiction and picture books genres and is intended for children 4-9 years old. It has not won any awards. This book teaches young readers the importance of recycling and ways they can help our Earth told by the point of view of dinosaurs. The dinosaurs tell the readers different ways we can all help our environment and how we can keep it clean. I gave this book a five-star rating because I have not read a book that teaches children about recycling quite like this one. The illustrations are bright and fun and colorful and help keep kids engaged through the whole thing. Many other children recycling books are not as fun and entertaining as this one is! The only complaint I have to make about the book is the length. I tried reading it to my class of three-year-olds and I lost their attention about half-way through. Granted recycling and cleaning the Earth can be a hard concept to grasp at that age, they still enjoyed looking the pictures and seeing the dinosaurs on each page. I gave this book to my teacher friend who teaches the pre-k class and she said it was a big hit with the 4-5 year olds! Even with the length, I still give this book a five star rating just because of the message it delivers to young kids. We are never too young to start learning how to protect our Earth and what we can do take make a difference. This would be a great book for every Earth Day!

12/03/17