One-osaurus, two-osaurus

Kim Norman

Book - 2021

Look there, in a child's bedroom, where some prehistoric pals are gathered in a counting game. Nine dinosaurs are playing a sing-song rendition of hide-and-seek - but something isn't adding up. Where is number ten? Stomp, stomp, stomp! CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP! Ready or not, here he comes, and he sounds . . . big! With big, bold numerals, an array of dinosaurs in comical poses, and a humorous twist at the end, this tribute to a child's imagination makes learning numbers a gigantic treat.

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Kim Norman (author)
Other Authors
Pierre Collet-Derby (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
ISBN
9781536201796
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A Cretaceous counting rhyme leading up to a toothy 10th. Norman's latest outing and first collaboration with Collet-Derby is storytime and read-aloud gold, featuring as it does a tight, patterned rhyme, an artful use of page turns, and a mighty "ROAR!" midstream--not to mention lots of dinosaurs. In meter and rhyme scheme, it's modeled after "One potato, two potato": "One-osaurus, two-osaurus… / three-osaurus, four…." The count gathers a growing gang of "prehistoric pals" until nine have accumulated, at which point the text begins building tension with first a "dinosaur stampede!" and then four double-page spreads of anticipatory quiet as each dino hunkers down behind a number-shaped rock. Finally an enormous shadow heralds the arrival of "ten-osaurus rex!"…who makes a big, loud entrance but turns out to be (wait for it) huge of personality but physically the most diminutive dino of the lot. Rendered in a flat, serigraphic style, the dot-eyed dinosaurs of diverse type are each kitted out with some human article of clothing or accessory. The yellow ankylosaurus sports a red beret; the white apatosaurus has blue polka dots and wears a red-and-white--striped muffler. They stampede through minimalist settings stocked with great big, black numerals that wind up doing double duty, in various orientations, as hiding places for the startled playmates. What's next? How about a closing change of game: "Simon Says-osaur!" A dino-delight. (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.