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| Ten Little Dinosaurs Picture Book (Wiggle Eyes) | 
| Author: Jim Harris
Publisher: Accord Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 74383
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0939251744
UPC: 038332606126
EAN: 9780939251742
ASIN: 0939251744
Publication Date: October 1, 1996
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 Ten Little Dinosaurs: Board Book Edition November 1, 2008
ISBN 1579390749 - Traditional board books are great, but novelty board books are, well, novel! The rolling green eyes of this title are bound to catch your child's attention, not to mention yours.
In the style of Ten Little Indians, there are ten little dinosaurs getting into all kinds of trouble. From the basic ten bouncing on a bed to six jumping off a peak, the dinosaurs slowly become extinct.
The rhyme is both cute and kind of strange. The names of actual dinosaurs are something a parent is likely to stumble over, but at the same time, it's educational too! The rhymes don't have the feel of leading to the death of a dinosaur (For example: Two little dinosaurs watching baseball, Saurolophus yelled, "Hey, that's a bad call!" The umpire didn't like that talk at all, No more big mouths watching baseball.) but they do end up extinct. There's two potential negatives to that. One, if you feel uncomfortable with death in a book for little children; two, it feels threatening because they do "bad" things and end up dead. Some parents might not like the namecalling in some rhymes, although many are simply "nicknames" for the dinosaur - big mouths could really just be dinosaurs with large mouths. Or you could overlook that all and realize that getting your kid's nose in a book is the goal. The text of the board book does not seem to be the same as the text of the hardcover (no skate board in the board book, as an example).
The pages are thick cardboard and will stand up to young children. The bulbous eyes extend through holes in each page and that's the weakest point of the pages. The eyes seem to be securely attached - I haven't been able to detach them - and don't present a choking hazard unless they come loose. One strange thing about the eyes. They're single-sided and the reverse side is white - if you lay down with the book held above you, they roll back to solid white, which is a little creepy. The illustrations, by Jim Harris, are superb. Children, especially dinosaur fans, will love Ten Little Dinosaurs.
- AnnaLovesBooks
 A Mom's Choice Awards Honoree! January 13, 2008
The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Florrie Binford-Kichler, Founder of Patria Press, Inc.- an award-winning independent publisher and Member of The Children's Book Council; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of The Just For Mom Foundation(tm) and the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book has been honored by this distinguished award.
Ok board book with fun jiggly eyes to keep kids entertained January 11, 2008
This board book has a ten little indian theme (each page is a count down to none). Each number/page has a different type of dinosaur -names given- and a funny rhyme. The eyes are 3D balls encased in plastic so they jiggle when you move the book; there are holes cut in each page so the eyes are visible throughout the book. This book could be for young kids, but also older ones heavily interested in dinosaurs because the different types depicted and named (an older child could be learn the names and be prompted to talk about their characteristics).
I only give this an "ok" because the some parents might not appreciate the rhymes that have the dinos doing bad things (like racing a car on skateboards) or name calling (a police officer calls them nut-brains). Also, almost every page has the dinos drinking from a glass coke bottle, which seemed a little strange.
Very Clever Wonderful Book - Here is why! December 17, 2007
My kids and I love this book. The ending makes all of the stuff that some of the other reviewers complain about make perfect sense to me! The dinosaurs are now extinct. They were soda drinking, dare devils, rude, doing crazy things so of course they are now extinct. Coke would probably not be pleased. But I do wonder what is a mooth?
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While I like the story, I find it very disturbing that there is a picture of a coke bottle on almost every page and they get bigger as the story goes on. I like coke but that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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