Written by Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by John MandersThe opening phrase "The moon is big, the moon is bright" is a great beginning for this adorable story. This is a fun animal noises/counting book, with some unusual word choices -- the eeeeeeeeeeeee of eight mosquitoes, the splash of goose wings on water and, most satisfying of all, the big baarrrrrr-rumph! of a bullfrog. The artwork is highly stylized and somewhat chaotic. The rolling rhythm and wild momentum of the story will pull kids in. It's full of nonsensical words like "rowl-yowl" and "bar-rum". I had fun reading this one. The simple but catchy rhyming verse uses a counting pattern and familiar creatures to tell a cute story of a supposedly "quiet night".
Quiet On Account Of Dinosaur
Written by Jane Thayer
Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman
A goofy, delightful fantasy about a little girl named Mary Ann who is totally koo-koo about dinosaurs. One day she actually finds a dinosaur and brings him home to keep as a pet. Of course, that plan doesn't go over so well, and her mother tells her she'll have to take the dinosaur to stay somewhere else. Of course, her school teacher is entirely sympathetic and agrees to let the big lizard stay and become the school mascot. But Dandy is afraid of all the modern noises and commotion that didn't occur 60 million years ago. "So the children made a sign, which they put in front of school. It said, QUIET on account of dinosaur." She even grows up to be a "famous scientist," the world's greatest expert on dinosaurs, with her very own museum and everything! Great 'Sixties-style artwork, too. Written by Jane Thayer
Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman
But Dandy is afraid of all the modern noises and commotion that didn't occur 60 million years ago.
"So the children made a sign, which they put in front of school. It said, QUIET on account of dinosaur."
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