Dinosaurs in Love

by Fenn Rosenthal, Hannah Jacobs (Illustrator)

Based on the viral, heart-melting song 'Dinosaurs in Love', comes a sweet and deceptively simple story about love, longing, and loss by three-year-old Fenn Rosenthal.Dinosaurs eating peopleDinosaurs in loveDinosaurs having a partyThey eat fruit and cucumberWhen singer-songwriter Tom Rosenthal and his daughter Fenn posted their original song, 'Dinosaurs in Love', it became an instant classic. Just as Fenn's dinosaurs fell in love, so did the world.Now readers of all ages can enjoy Fenn's heartfelt, poignant lyrics again and again in this irresistible, sing-aloud picture book, featuring charming illustrations from Hannah Jacobs (animator of the viral music video).Check out the original songPraise for the 'Dinosaurs in Love''[This song is] breaking everyone's hearts.' Buzzfeed News'A surprise hit. Honestly, we were not prepared to be devastated by this song' The Today Show''Dinosaurs in Love' [leaves] adults reaching for tissues across the globe' People'Giving us all the feels' BBC News'[...] tapping into the universal experience of longing and loss in a few simple phrases' Rolling Stone'Why am I crying?!' Popsugar

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Music, Death, Storytime, Romance

Paperback

First published October 20, 2020

Reviews

[Ruby · Rating 5 out of 5]

the greatest piece of literature i think i’ll ever read

[Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

easily my favourite history book

[PaolaDenis · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a beautiful, somewhat sad, little book. The story is a short, simple song of dinosaurs falling in love, and the illustrations are the cherry on top.
Fue un pequeño libro hermoso y un poco triste. La historia es una canción simple y corta sobre dinosaurios enamorándose, y las ilustraciones son la cereza del pastel.

[Tayler K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for illustrations, and this cover really jumps out at me!
My friend read this first (we work at a library) and told me a child wrote it. I'm not sure how I would have interpreted it otherwise. I think that knowledge lent a different air to the whole thing somehow. Idk if it was that, this blasted daylight savings darkness, or my own state of being the last few months, but there was an ~atmosphere~ when I was reading this.


I love that it just starts right off with "Dinosaurs eating people." It's not too disturbing because the people are SO tiny, but I did appreciate the one with a carrot on a stick dangling in front of their face.

And then right after 3 small panels one one page, "Dinosaurs in love."

Obviously, dinosaurs eat cucumber. Giant slices of cucumber. I appreciated steg acting as a cocktail skewer.

I wish falling in love--or really, two people falling in love with each other and at the same time--was actually as simple as this book makes it seem....

Well, we're not avoiding the asteroid in this love story.
The shooting star and moon on the next spread are lovely.

Suddenly, there's a whole page of dinosaurs again, and I wonder where we're going with the story...

More dinos in love. *lonely sigh*

"But they didn't say goodbye." Skeletons together under the soil. 😭😭
And then you turn the page and somehow the repetition of "But they didn't say goodbye" and them being in the museum together too made it even more emotional. 😭😭😭.

I'll have to look up the song.

[Diana · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is based on the internet "sensation" of a 3 year old singing a song about dinosaurs, and it shows. the illustrations are beautiful, but the plot is nonexistent and confusing. This is maybe one of the worse story books that I've ever seen.

[Carol - Reading Writing and Riesling · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the video that goes with this book- very cute

[starr · Rating 5 out of 5]

they eat cucumbers

[Katelynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars for Fenn. How could I rate this any less? Hannah Jacobs does a great job of bringing Fenn’s song to life with cure and emotional illustrations. I love the letter from her father and interview at the end.

[Hajir · Rating 5 out of 5]

melted my heart <3

[Kath S · Rating 5 out of 5]

brb sobbing

[Amanda Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw this book on TikTok with the accompanying song and immediately knew I needed this book in my life. Such an adorable little song/book yet with an immense depth between the lines, and an ending that tore my heart open.

[Kayla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok...I really hate to hate on this book, as it was apparently written by a 3-year-old, but...you can definitely tell it was written by a 3-year-old. I’ve never seen the video it stemmed from. I’m sure it’s adorable. Not everything that’s adorable in video form works well as a picture book, however. To be 100% honest, it irks me just a little that some people put their hearts into writing really excellent stories that are passed over by publishers, and something like this gets the green-light. Anyway. End rant.

[Megan Rotella · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was written by a 3 year old and has absolutely no plot, depth, or value. It’s cute in a way that a small child wrote it though, and the illustrations are fun. I gave it a 2 star rating based on the lack of value for our home library, but my kids thought it was hilarious.

[Melanie Gaum · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was going to be 1 star until I read the note at the end explaining that the story was made up by a three-year-old, and my rating went up a little. I vaguely remember making up nonsense stories myself when I was around that age and my mom kindly wrote a few of them down for me.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written by a three year old, I think it's pretty cute if you keep that in mind. Really sad to see the poor ratings on here.

[Halah · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books of 2020!

[Shelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t care for this book. I understand it was written by a little kid, but I just didn’t think it flowed well enough. The illustrations were fun though.

[Jenna Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes me sob and that is not an exaggeration.

[tea · Rating 5 out of 5]

kakve prijatelje imam - malo ih je, al su najbolji <3 vrištala sam od sreće kad sam videla! duša mi se zagrcnula, prvi put u životu pomislila da se od prevelike sreće može umreti, i da sam to zaista i osetila! moja divna luna, ulepšala mi dan, nedelju, mesec, godinu! a dinosaurs in love je preslatka knjižica, tanani glas koji čujem svaki dan kako izgovara aaaaand they died.
ma ljubav, i to čista <3

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dinosaurs in Love by Fenn Rosenthal – Have you ever listened to a tiny reader narrate a book before they can actually read? Someone illustrated their child’s stream of consciousness dinosaur ramblings, and I laughed like a loon! Happy Reading!

[Ness · Rating 5 out of 5]

so cute

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely little book with great illustrations, any kid would definitely enjoy it! Also definitely go check out the song that inspired the book!!

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great narrator. ;)

[Stacy Renee (LazyDayLit) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute little love story about dinosaurs!
Minimal text but the illustrations are detailed and lots of fun!
Perfect for dino lovers!

[Dafne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this for my niece and the illustrations are just perfect. Now I can’t get the song out of my head lmao

[νίκη κωνσταντίνου-σγουρού · Rating 5 out of 5]

[τρίχρονα και δεινόσαυροι στο μουσείο φυσικής ιστορίας 🦕🦖]

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm certain kids will be entertained, but this is definitely written by a 3-year-old...

[Holli Schoch · Rating 2 out of 5]

You can tell this book was written by a young child.

[Logan Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

It made me really sad!