It's March Madness, and all the dinosaurs are heading out the basketball arena to see the Grass Clippers ( the planting-eating dinosaurs) battle the Meat ( the meat-eating dinosaurs) in the championship game. The cheerleaders are getting the crowd ready. The dodo ref throws the ball.... and the game begins.
Dino-Basketball is a really clever book . I love how each team player is named after a dinosaur ( and that the team's colors are used to identify what team they play for: red for Meat, green for Clippers). The play-by-play is done in rhyme ( and also we get basketballs terms, so this would a great book for doing two Every Child Ready to Read Skills- phonological awareness and vocab ). We even get a half-time show with a dino-pyramid, mascots jumping on trampolines, and a dino-Elvis impersonator. I think children who like dinosaurs and sports would like this book. And if they really like it, it's part of a series ( which includes Dino-Hockey, Dino-Baseball, and Dino-Soccer, which the library does have, please check our catalog to see which branch they are at. And based on the last page, we get an early peak of Dino-Football.)
Dino-Basketball-Lisa Wheeler
Age Range- 4 and up
Lexile: 300
***** ( 5 stars)
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