Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp!

by Margaret Mayo, Alex Ayliffe (Illustrator)

Meet all your favourite dinosaurs as they stomp, glide and charge through this book, including Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pteranodon, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Diplodocus and more.

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Storytime, Animals, Fiction

30 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

For the Romance novelist see: Margaret Mayo

Margaret Mary Cumming was born 10 May 1935 in London, England, the daughter of William John and Anna (Macleod) Cumming. On 28 July 1958, she married Peter Robin Mayo, a university lectured, and they had three children: Roderick, Katrina and Andrew.

Margaret Mayo was a children's literature and folktales writer. A former teacher, she uses her wide-ranging experience with children in her writing. She lives in Brighton.

Reviews

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vibrant, colorful collage art illustrations and a lively energetic text. Excellent for read alouds.

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

great for getting kids to make dino motions

[Emily Jones]

Bright illustrations and can make storytime interactive by having children move like the different dinosaurs.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A repetitive presentation of several different dinosaurs, their features, and actions. Here's a sample: "Mighty Tyrannosaurus loved stomp, stomp, stomping, gigantic legs striding, enormous jaws opening, jagged teeth waiting for guzzle, guzzling! So stomp, Tyrannosaurus, stomp!" I found that I wanted to read this book rather quickly due to the cadence of the text, but I kept inserting extra words here and there because it didn't flow quite as I expected.

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art by Alex Ayliffe is big and vibrant in this silly but somehow satisfying book about dinosaurs for kids. The illustrations were made with cut paper. The dinosaurs were a bit realistic, and had far more colors and patterns than the grey and dark greens of dinosaur books from when I was a kid.

I didn't realize this was a poem until I was nearly finished the book. The rhythm is pretty loose, with the narrator exhorting the dinosaurs in her imagination to do all kinds of actions, like stomping. She does make guesses at how dinosaurs behaved, but at the end, she does note that this is all from her imagination, anyway, and invites the reader along.

The book was obviously influenced by Jurassic Park, but also included the oviraptor with feathers, which was discovered in the same year the Steven Spielberg smash came out in the summer of 1993 -- back when it was still affordable to go to the movies. Although an oviraptor skeleton fossil was first found in 1923, it took a long time to find the feathers. Back in 1923, anything other than bones was just scraped off and tossed out.

Anyway, fun little book.

[Nicola · Rating 1 out of 5]

Miss 3 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.

Miss 3 didn't like this one. It probably would have appealed when she was 2 but it just bored her now. She likes other picture books still but this has very simple language and there isn't much to it.

[Oshaun]

The story of Stomp, dinosaur, stomp is about a range of different dinosaurs, written by Margaret Mayo. I would use this book to support children's physical development as dinosaur's move differently, this could also support children with healthy eating. In addition to this, when talking about what the dinosaurs eat, we can go through healthy eating as dinosaurs have different diets.

[catwoman · Rating 2 out of 5]

The children in my class loved the bright colours and as a class sounding out the dinosaur names, but that was about it. We haven't read the book again, nor do I think we will. The rhyming felt force and there was nothing different from the other dinosaur books on the market.

[Elizabeth Creekmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

A favorite of all three of my children, and any other child I’ve read it to. It’s easy to make motions to go along with the words & even my 8 year old still likes to STOMP with the book. Bought a spare copy (ours is well loved) so I can have it forever!

[Charlotte Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant for young kids, rhyming words, sound words and plenty of colour.

[Darren Walland · Rating 5 out of 5]

The rhyming nature of the story, can lead to children acting out the movements of the dinosaurs. As an extension, the children could choose musical instruments to add music to the story.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a mess. I skip most of the words when reading it to my kid and just say the names of the dinos. The rhymes don't make any sense.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Annoying more than anything

[Syntha Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

Might be good for story time

[Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had high hopes for this book but the text didn’t flow well.

[R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's not much in the way of an actual story to this book. It's more about different movements and the names of various different dinosaurs. An interesting way to portray both fun and fact at the same time to an early reader audience.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! by Margaret Mayo, illustrated by Alex Ayliffe follows a noisy parade of dinosaurs who stomp, chomp, race, and chase their way through their dangerous world.

The endpapers show and name each dinosaur, including a phonetic pronunciation of each name. Each dinosaur is described, with a key action word repeated. Tyrannosaurus, Diplodocus, Pteranodon, Velociraptor, Plesiosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, Iguanodon, Oviraptor and Stegosaurus are each described. The book ends imagining all the dinosaurs in a prehistoric parade.

The text uses a large bold font, with each dinosaur's name larger. The phonetic pronunciation will be helpful to those reading this book aloud to young dinosaur fans. Descriptive words used include striding, guzzling, immense, swishing, whipping, gliding, hunting, pouncing, flapping, trapping, whacking, swinging, gulping, chewing, charging, head-butting, grabbing, biting, guarding, and hatching.

Ayliffe's art features bold, vivid cut-paper collage. Bright colors draw readers into each two page spread. Details include some smaller animals such as dragonflies or lizards. The dinosaurs are shown in action on each page.

This should make a fun read-aloud, after practice, for a dinosaur themed storytime. Opportunities for making dinosaur movements and actions abound.

For ages 3 to 6, dinosaurs, cut-paper, movement, rhyme, onomatopoeia, and fans of Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe.

[Marya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this as part of a dinosaur-themed sick bundle at the local library, and it did its dino duty.

[Amy Seto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Led by the might tyrannosaurus this parade of prehistoric dinosaurs goes stomp, stomp, stomping by. There go the fierce velociraptors hunting and racing through the forest and the crested pteranodon gliding and soaring through the air. These dinosaurs may be extinct, but in this book they are far from inactive as they swim, flap, swoosh, chomp, mash, and of course, stomp their way through the pages.

Young dinosaur fans will fall in love with this ode to their favorite creatures. Mayo’s text, full of action verbs, and Ayliffe’s collage colorful and bold illustrations combine to create a rousing read aloud. The text varies in size to build tension and show emphasis. For instance, the diplodocus isn’t just swishing his tail, he’s “swish, swish, swishing” it. Each two page spread is devoted to a different dinosaur until the last page when the reader is asked to imagine all the creatures in a peaceful parade. The colorful endpapers helpfully include small illustrations of each dinosaur and the correct pronunciation of their name.

Full Review at Picture-Book-a-Day: http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2...

[Beck · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3 year old son loves this book - he asks me to read the dinosaur names on the end papers - a nice touch - and will say each dinosaur's action (ie, "stomp, tyrannosaurus, stomp") with me. We've read it dozens of times. The illustrations are bold and appealing, but I don't love the cadence of the prose. If I was rating this based on how much I liked it, I'd give it a 2, but for my son's love of it, it gets a 4.

[Sharon]

This is one of the stories that we purchased with a CD. What I like about the beginning of the book is that it shows kids how to pronounce the difficult names of the Dinosaurs. Both my son and daughter loved looking at the pictures of the dinosaurs. They were unable to keep up with all the big words but the pictures and the CD made up for the difference.

[Tricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have nothing against dinosaur books but so often, I find them "forced". Rhyming with dinosaur names is...frankly, difficult. The bold illustrations help this book along. I would love to see a very talented reader whip this one out for storytime. I just find it awkward and tongue-twisting for my small audience of 3.

[Danie Cutter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Plus points - bright colourful book, dinosaurs
Negative points - no rhyme or flow that I could tell (maybe we should have had the CD version instead)

It was an OK book but doesn't compare to the likes of Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp, nice for the younger ones when first starting to make sounds as they can join in. Not enough content to hold the attention of my 3yo

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay! A dinosaur book my kid was interested in that was a fairly decent read! Also, I really appreciate the names of the dinosaurs throughout. It saves me from the never ending conversation: "Mom, what's that?" "I have no idea." But what's its name?" "I don't know honey, what do you think it's called?" "MOM!! What's his NAME!!!???" So thanks.

[Yvonne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this one out of the library when I realized how much my 3-year-old grandson loves dinosaurs (who knew?) He liked the book so much, I purchased it on Amazon and gave it to him for his birthday.

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book about dinosaurs. I think it's a good book to learn some vocab as it repeats certain words within the book. The illustrations are also interesting. I think it's a good book to go through with your child.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great interactive book for dinosaur storytimes

[Mercy · Rating 3 out of 5]

colorful. 3-1/2

[Danie P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dinosaur action book best suited to preschoolers. Names several different types of dinosaurs w/ colorful illustrations.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Isn't this like the 953rd book about dinosaurs moving around?