Little Danny Dinosaur

First-Start Easy Reader

by Janet Craig, Paul Harvey (Illustrator)

Smaller than the rest of his family, Danny tries hard to be big and strong--until one day his size proves to be just right.

Genres: Picture Books

31 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book because this dinosaur is not strong: whatever he tries, he is not strong. And wants to be big, but however he tries he can't.

[Annie Carbutt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Danny the Dinosaur feels frustrated about being smaller and quieter than all of his family members. But when his family loses a baseball during a ball game, only Danny is small enough to crawl into the trees and find it. This picture book is an easy reader with simple illustrations that correlate in a very obvious way with the text. Normally, I prefer to have different information communicated on some level between the text and pictures. But because this is an easy reader, it seems appropriate for the pictures to mirror the words almost exactly. This isn’t the most cleverly written or illustrated book, but it serves its purpose. This book is accessible for young children who are first learning to read, and it also teaches a lesson about being happy with our own strengths and characteristics.