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Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom?
Just imagine a pet who could:
Squash all the scary monsters that jump out of your closet at night Eat all the vegetables on your plate Help you get the best view at parades
Squash all the scary monsters that jump out of your closet at night Eat all the vegetables on your plate Help you get the best view at parades
What kind of pet can do all that? A stegosaurus, of course!
In this wacky fantasy with a terrific surprise ending, Lois G. Grambling captures the energy and imagination of childhood. H.B. Lewis's dynamic
...morePaperback, 32 pages
Published
February 1st 1998
by Troll Communications
(first published 1997)
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A boy is desperate to have a stegosaurus for a pet. He gives many reasons explaining why his mum should get him one.
He puts his argument across in a variety of ways; explaining that if he had one he would sleep better at night as he wouldn’t be scared of monsters. He then decides he could feed it the vegetables from his dinner that he didn’t like. It would also help him win the tug of competition at school as the other children would not stand a chance!
The reason for his insistence for a stegos...more
He puts his argument across in a variety of ways; explaining that if he had one he would sleep better at night as he wouldn’t be scared of monsters. He then decides he could feed it the vegetables from his dinner that he didn’t like. It would also help him win the tug of competition at school as the other children would not stand a chance!
The reason for his insistence for a stegos...more
Full of things I do not want my boys thinking about, such as how to incessantly beg, thinking vegetables are gross and feeding them to the pets under the table, having to worry about being safe and that you're safe if you take a pet with you, that presents are what matter most and that there really are monsters in the closet. The last thing I want to do is coddle my boys but come on, why would the author assume that all children are badly behaved and that such behavior is funny.
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This was read aloud by Jadin at the Dorsch Memorial Library for the summer reading program, and this is possibly the best read aloud she's done for the program so far. It was very entertaining, from her voice to her faces, and she brought life to the story well. Whether I would have rated the book a 4 without her reading, I don't know, but that shows that this is the type of thing to read aloud and get your kids into.
This is a really fun book that takes you into the persuasive imagination of a young boy who just really wants a Stegosaurus. Throughout the book he is trying to convince his Mom that he really really NEEDS a Stegosaurus and that it will make his life better and her life easier. By the end of the book, the boy has already moved on to a new dream, he wants a T-Rex.
This is a great book to read to students when they are discussing persuasive writing during writer's workshop. A quck lesson that the teacher can conduct is to have the students write to their mom and tell her why they should have a stegarous and should write detailed reasons. It is very engaging. I would begin reading this book in the second grade.
The boy in this story gives a number of reasons for having a stegosaurus around, but most of the reasons are to make him the center of attention (riding it instead of the bus on class field trips and riding on its head, while his classmates ride on its back) or to get out of things (like eating vegetables). This kid does lots of begging, too.
This is a delicious book. A young boy begs his mother for a stegosaurus with an increasingly elaborate and improbable list of reasons why it would be a useful, practical and labor-saving idea - until his true motive is unmasked and a final twist hatches a whole new idea.
This is such a cute story. My kids love it. It is a great book for persausive writing. It is a about a boy who is persauding his mom that he needs a stegosaurus. Then come to find out it is a T Rex that he wants at the end.
This was a really fun, energetic book. I like the twist at the end. The voice seemed very genuine, as if some overly excited kid was truly begging for a pet stegosaurus. All in all, entertaining and endearing.
Like the idea (begging/pleading/cajoling child) more than the pictures. Some of them were just too dark (in terms of color). Didn't seem to match the text.
But the kiddos today still liked it.
But the kiddos today still liked it.
When it comes to books on dinosaurs, this one is lots of fun. It also has a bit of a twist at the end that is fun...and funny.
One of a series of books about a little boy who wants a different dinosaur in each book.
Stegosaurus is my favorite dinosaur, and the illustrations are so cute!
Fun book, though the repetitive whining of the book annoys me slightly.
A cute picture book to share during a persuasive writing unit.
We didn't really liked the illustrations. The story seemed a bit forced. It was just sort of blah.
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