This is another one that my kids got as part of a set from a school book order. They love dinosaurs, so this seemed like an easy reader that they would both enjoy. So far, we've been right. This book focuses on table manners and the importance of eating the food given, including what's good for you. As with others in the series, it starts off rather jokingly asking if dinosaurs do a host of different things that would be considered rude or generally bad manners. About halfway through it turns ar...

Text-to-Teaching Connection:I hate to admit it, but this would most definitely be a perfect book to read to my K1 class. They have had a very difficult time in the lunchroom and could use the gentle reminder on what the expectations are of them in the lunchroom. All the impolite behaviors described in the book are what I am currently dealing with so I would more than likely read this book about half and hour before lunch as a read aloud, so we could read the book and then discuss the different b...

“How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food” by Jane Yolen is a rhythmic picture book about breaking the stereotypes of how dinosaurs eat their food. It starts by depicting all the imaginative rude and impolite ways one would think a dinosaur would eat. However, in the end, the book surprisingly describes a polite and mannerly way the dinosaurs actually eat. This is a wonderfully illustrated story with elaborate drawings of different dinosaurs all with their scientific name somewhere on the page. The draw

The illustrations and story told in this short tale has been part of my fondest memories of my night stories when I was young. These were great books.

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food by Jane Yolen and Mark Teaque goes through all the sceniros about how dinosaurs could eat their food rudely. After this is done, it demonstrates how dinosaurs really eat their food; politely. I really enjoyed this book and thought it could teach a very good lesson to children. The authors were smart by chosing dinosaurs becasue dinosaurs are soemthing that children love and are interested in. The book is rhymes, which is very good for holding children's attention....

This was my second time trying a book from this series and I’m just not a fan. First, I hate the focus on the “negative” behaviors of the children. Some of them are things my kids have never done, some of them are kind of age appropriate depending on what age the child you’re reading them to is, and some don’t fit my parenting style or advice I’ve received from actual dietitians about healthy eating habits (such as the forced try it bite rule). My kid was disturbed by the kids “turning into dino...

As part of the "How Do Dinosaurs..." series, Yolen and Teague collaborate to bring us another role model book wrapped up in a simple digestible format. Mark Teague's illustrations are engaging and have a nonsensical edge that allows a time-old message to be reiterated in a enjoyable way. The book, written in a series of rhyming questions, follows a series of common child-like reactions to food and highlights how silly they seem. At the same time it asks children to really think about the consequ...

Basic Plot: While we may assume dinosaurs are messy, picky, impolite eaters, in reality they are very polite and open to trying new things. Really.This is a very quick rhymer to read. The art is really good, especially in the pictures where the dinos are misbehaving. The looks on the parents' faces are pretty well priceless. I also like how the names of the specific dino types are embedded within the pictures. It's subtle and works well for parents like me, who don't necessarily know all the nam...

This is definitely a clever way to teach its target audience about proper table manners. I like the use of the dinosaurs, which not only attract the children, but take the place of the children in these particular situations. I also like the examples that are given when it comes to beginning with how NOT to eat your food and then give the proper examples of how manners should be practiced. I think this is a good teaching tool for the 3-7 age range and I think kids will get a kick out of this!

This book is a very creative way to help students understand table manners as they work through the story. By reading this picture book, children will now understand what polite table manners are and how they can demonstrate them. I also thought it was interesting that the reader would assume dinosaurs are impolite, messy eaters but the author uses them to show polite table manners instead. This story is very easy to follow for children which makes it very enjoyable. The illustrations included i...

Kids love dinosaurs :)

Oh man, do I wish this book had been out when my brother was a young kid. He used to take his entire unfinished plate and throw it like a frisbee onto the floor (we had to eventually buy plates with suction cups on the bottom). Learning table manners is such an important part of growing up and I know for a lot of kids that it can be tough to remember. I would read this book aloud to the class and then ask them to try some of the table manners talked about in the book during lunch. After lunch I

Read this one to the kids I work with. They all really enjoyed it, as did I. It's a book about manners but makes it fun. The kids loved seeing the dinosaurs doing unmannerly things but understood that that wasn't what you were supposed to do. They were really big on the please and thank you part. Very fun book.

How do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food is just a god funny book that the children love to read! They think it's funny and they love to see the different dinosaurs fumble over themselves in each illustration. I would use this book in the classroom to connect to the real world for children. Children love dinosaurs so if I were to do a unit on dinosaurs I would definitely include this book not to teach any facts about dinosaurs but may be to put inside one of my learning centers to support the theme as we...

Another book in the Yolen/Teague series of humorous stories about dinosaurs and everyday life. This one looks at table manners and should make everyone laugh. The names of the dinosaurs are hidden in each picture – usually in print right next to them but notice the one for Lambeosaurus spelled out with magnetic letters on the refrigerator. Encourage the children to look for the names during the week as they look at the book. Tips and activities:You can start with an open-ended question “How do d...

How do Dinosaurs eat their food? Do they spit half eaten broccoli on the floor? Do they fidget in the chair, or throw spaghetti in the air? No! A dinosaur says Please and Thank You and sits very still. He makes no loud noises, that isn't polite and he always tries new things, even just one bite.This would be a good book for a unit on the food pyramid or My Plate.It would also be good for a dinosaur unit as each dinosaur that appears has their scientific name in the picture with them.It would als...

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners. Though definitely not realistic

One of the better series out there today in children's literature. One of the main reasons I love this series is because after you have read the book with your little one, you can start all over again and search for the dinosaur NAMES on each page! The names are written in tiny script wherever there is a new dinosaur! Very cool. There is also a full illustration with names in the beginning and the end of the books too. The illustrations are great with various colors for each dinosaur and details...

A hilarious book questioning how dinosaurs eat their (human) food! I enjoyed how at the start of the book, it seemed like the dinosaurs were not good at eating their food with manners; there were a variety of silly illustrations depicting the dinosaurs eating. At the end it turned out that the dinosaurs actually had very nice manners and knew how to eat without making a mess. I am excited to read this book during story time, I expect a lot of giggles from the children! TO READ: During Toddler Ti...

As a subscriber to Jane Yolen's poem a day email list, I pledged to buy or borrow one of her books from a library each month. This month I bought one of her many children's books - this one! This is a series of books - "How Do Dinosaur's..." and if they all are as cute as this one, I might have to buy more. My 3 yr. old son loved it. On the second reading he even answered enthusiastically to all the questions in the book like "Does he pick at his cereal,/throw down his cup,/hoping to make someon...