Dinosaur Pizza

by Lee Wardlaw

After her best friends moves away, Jill finds herself eating alone at lunch until she is invited to join the Lunch Bunch, a group of kids who bring a variety of unusual lunches to school each day.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

Lee Wardlaw swears that her first spoken word was 'kitty'. Since then, she's shared her life with 31 cats (not all at the same time!) and published 31 award-winning books for young readers, selling more than one million copies world wide. Her newest title is My Book of Firsts: Poems Celebrating a Baby's Milestones, illus. by Bruno Brogna and published by Red Comet Press/Abrams.

Lee's other books include Won Ton - A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Children's Poetry Award and the Myra Cohn Livingston Poetry Award (among others); Won Ton and Chopstick, an NCTE Notable Poetry Book; and 101 Ways to Bug Your Friends and Enemies, recipient of the Forward National Literature Award for Humor.

Lee has a B.A. in Education, an AMI-Primary Diploma from the Montessori Institute of San Diego, and is finishing her M.Ed.

A former teacher, Lee continues to keep up-to-date with children, tweens, and teens by presenting frequently at schools, libraries, bookstores, and conferences. She lives in Santa Barbara, CA, with two dog-disdaining cats.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun book for kids who are learning to read, so many new words. I read this twice to a little guy. It was a cute story and good for this young lady standing up for herself and not letting her get rolled over the the lunch club!

(Don't join the lunch club, they are a cult!)

[Lorellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, if sorta silly, book about bag lunches. It's a good way to discuss food with Tot. The art is cute enough.

[Victoria Dimmitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was an easy/quick read that could be read by child in 1st/second grade. It talks about what we will do to fit in with a new group of friends. This story could relate to a lot of what children go through in schools today. I loved how in the end the author actually put in the book the recipe for Dinosaur Pizza.

[Kristen Dutkiewicz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story really focuses on how one little girl tries to make new friends like her and "fit in."

While this prompts discussion about how it is okay to be different, children certainly like making their own dinosaur pizza as an extension activity!