Rock-a-Bye, Dino

by Hannah Eliot, Chie Boyd (Illustrator)

Overview

The classic lullaby, “Rock-a-Bye, Baby” gets a prehistoric twist as different dinosaurs get ready for bedtime in this board book with soft touch-and-feels on the cover!

Rock-a-bye, T. rex, in the tree top
When your feet stomp, the mountains do rock
You give a big yawn, that means it’s nightfall
So home you come, dino—claws, teeth, and all

Written to the beloved tune of “Rock-a-Bye, Baby,” this adorable board book with soft touch-and-feels on the cover is a sweet bedtime lullaby that’s sure to put all sorts of dinosaurs—and children—to bed!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534456402
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	12/17/2019
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Hannah Eliot is a children’s book editor who lives in Vermont. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, drawing, and spending time with her family!

Chie Boyd is an illustrator who lives in San Francisco, California. She has produced work for numerous books, brands of animation, art galleries, and mobile games. She draws inspiration from nature, graphic design, and anything adorable. When she isn’t drawing, Chie enjoys tending to an indoor garden and taking care of her pet pigeons.

Editorial Reviews

2020-01-21
Sweet lullabies meet prehistoric predators and plant eaters in a bedtime board book with loads of charm and color.

From the eye-catching iridescence of the tactile plates on the mother stegasaurus on the cover to the gentle, nursery-rhyme lilt of each dinosaur vignette, this book is a pleasant surprise on many levels. Presented in double-page tableaux pairing a stanza of text with richly colorful and delightfully expressive images of adult-child dinosaur pairs, this book maintains a winning tone throughout. Less a book about dinosaurs than a restful celebration of familial bedtime bonding, it succeeds on sincerity and the natural fascination kids have for dinosaurs. “Rock-a-bye, T. rex, in the treetop, / when your feet stomp, the mountains do rock. / You give a big yawn that means it’s nightfall, / so home you come, dino—claws, teeth and all.” It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s nice. Seven different dinosaur species are represented, Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, and more, as well as Pterodactylus, all in different stages of the bedtime routine. The stylized renderings are not at all scary, and they convey very clearly the love between caregiver and child. Whether it’s hugs or snuggles, reading a bedtime book together, or encouraging young dinos to eat their greens, there’s a disarming level of blissful domesticity that should resonate well with tired would-be dinosaurs.

Unapologetically unscientific, but a lovely way to tuck in young dinosaur fanciers everywhere. (Board book. 1-4)

Kirkus Reviews