How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors?

How Do Dinosaurs...?

by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator)

The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague present their third original dinosaur board book, a fun read-aloud that teaches children all the colors of the rainbow. Dinosaur colors start with red fire truck stuck under the bed,A purple towel left on the floor,A green sign taped to the closet door,The third board book by the bestselling, award-winning duo Jane Yolen and Mark Teague focuses on one of the most fun concepts learned in colors. Packed with vibrant illustrations of dinosaurs drawing, painting, and playing, this book will captivate and inspire children as they learn their colors.

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Fantasy, Animals, Fiction, Kids

12 pages, Board Book

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Jane Yolen was a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who wrote more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lived in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

Reviews

[Daniel]

Easily the best book I've read about how dinosaurs learn their colors.

[Bill]

My son was bored by it and fell asleep just a few pages in. I, on the other hands, was enthralled. So many twists, and what an ending! (No spoilers, I promise)

In other news, I've found a way to "reach" my 50-book goal for 2017

[Laura McLoughlin]

Summer reading prize!

[Skylar Burris]

They're really milking How Do Dinosaurs Clean Up Their Rooms for everything it's worth. This is cute, but it is not the most useful book for learning colors I have encountered. For that purpose, I've yet to find anything that beats Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

[Jesse Burdette]

I knew all my color words except black -Jesse

[Jason]

That Amargasaurus is a little piggy.

[Jamie Jessup]

What I liked about this book is, unlike in the counting book How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten, the concept that the reader is supposed to learn is made very clear through the text and the illustrations. The text references the colored object on the page, but the name of the color is also printed in that color, so students know what they are looking for and can make those important connections between the name of the color, the color itself, and what it looks like on an object. I think a fun activity to do with this book would be to read it aloud in class and then give students little sticky notes with a name and color on them, and then have the students stick it to something in the classroom that is that color. I would be and effective way to apply the information in the book, and it would get students up and moving. I would use this book in kindergarten and first grade classrooms.

[Slayermel]

My daughter brought this one home from the school library as one of her home reading books.
It's a board book with colourful pictures of different dinosaurs doing things with different colours.
The spelling of the colours is actually written in the colour itself, which was great for her to try and read a little more independently.

Great book for children who also enjoy dinosaurs as it had a few different species in it.

[Sarahs Reads ToKids]

How Do Dinosaurs books are a fun series of books for your dinosaur loving young reader. The rhyming text, variety of dinosaurs, and the classic illustration of the parents make this a fun book to read. Quite a few of these books have had my husband and I laughing out loud or remembering a time the exact same thing has happened in our home.

[Rachel Guy]

Children love dinosaurs and they'll love this book showing dinosaurs in the kinds of places children go: bedroom, bathroom, kitchen table, etc. as well as teach children their colors: e.g. "red fire truck", "purple towel", "green sign". To top it off, this book has a lovely rhyming scheme as well which will make it fun to read to children over and over again!

[Andrés]

This is a departure from the standard "How do Dinosaurs" books, which usually describe doing things the "wrong" way for the first half, then describe things the "right" way for the second half. There is no right or wrong way to learn colors, so the dinosaurs just march through the ROYGBPs (out of order), plus white, black, and a rainbow to wrap things up.

[Kate M. Colby]

Jack borrowed this book from the Canal Winchester Library. I picked it because he loves this series. This is one of the board books, and it is clear that Jack is outgrowing them. He liked the dinosaurs and especially the fire truck at the beginning, but he knows his colors and kind of lost interest after that.

[Eva_Amaré]

If the purpose of this book is to teach us colours, it's not doing a very good job. Now on the other hand, if the purpose of this book is to introduce us to new and really cool dinosaurs, then job very well done. 👍👍

[Anna]

I loved how it rhymed. Very clever way of using orange, as you can't rhyme anything with orange, but Jane makes it work! I again appreciate the name of the type of dinosaur next to the dinosaur's illustration. This book is a great start to colors, especially if you love dinosaurs.

[Amanda]

We love all of these books!

[Jessica]

This has been my favorite of the series so far.

[Manu]

Leila: 0: because I don’t like baby books

[Alicia]

For: dinosaurs fans; readers looking for a playful book about colors with lots of different dinosaurs.

Possible red flags: messiness/some misbehaving.

[Kristen]

Cute pictures, but the color examples were so small in some of them. May or may not get for Baby Girl.

[Janice]

Dinosaurs learn their colors around the house. Would have been better if in English also for those beginning learners.

[KaitandMaddie]

Maddie picked this from the library and read it to Kait and I.

[Karine Lelièvre]

This is such a great and simple picture book about colors and a lot of children's favorite creature, The dinosaurs. I would use this for a story time anytime

[Tanya Ouellette]

Wonderful book for children. The inclusion of the dinosaurs was really well thought out.

[Ginger]

Another “How do Dinosaurs…” hit with all 3 of my kids. Another cute board book memorized…

[Rachel]

A really cute fun book about colors.

Gave to Zach hub.

[Brianna Shrout]

Cute way to teach both colors and some dinosaurs! I loved how the focus was more on the colors and the dinosaurs were secondary. Will definitely be a reread!

[Michela]

are you saying my GORG daughter is a dignasaur

[Wendy]

I adore Jane Yolen. I adore her books.
Our SPED kids weren't too impressed. But I liked it.

[Angie]

I just thought it was neat how they label what each dinosaur is throughout the book

[Jessica DeWitt]

I find this pretty lazy. I don’t get the appeal, unless you’re a toddler with a dinosaur obsession, but even then there’s better.