Dinos Don't Do Yoga

by Catherine Bailey, Alex Willmore (Illustrator)

Overview

A fun-filled dinosaur story with timely themes about kindness, friendship, and being able to see past our differences.
 
Meet Rex, the talon-tearing tough leader of a Cretaceous crew that loves to feed, feud, and fight! All is well in their rough-and-tumble world until someone new comes to town: a yoga-loving dino named Sam. Rex disapproves of his yoga pants, the “silly” chants, and frankly anyone who prefers tree pose to tussling.
 
But how will Rex react when his surly, burly buddies want to try something new? And what is the real reason Rex rejects this new dinosaur?
 
Kids will delight in this chomping, stomping showdown between the muscle-bound and the mellow, as Rex learns what true toughness looks like. With humor and heart, Dinos Don’t Do Yoga reveals the strength of kindness and friendship over bullying and fear.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683644156
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	62 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Catherine Bailey
Catherine Bailey is the author of multiple picture books, including Harbor Bound from Disney Hyperion and Mind Your Monsters from Sterling Publishing. For more, please visit catherinebaileybooks.com.
 

Alex Willmore
Alex Willmore has his degree in illustration from the North Wales School of Art and Design, and has illustrated more than two dozen books for children. For more, visit alexwillmore.co.uk.
 

Editorial Reviews

"The book gracefully weaves in such yoga moves as the plank or the butterfly while keeping the tone amusing and informative...Roll out the mats for this dino/yoga mashup treat." Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-09-15
Sun salutations meet dino indignation.

Ya gotta be “roar-and-rumble rough, and talon-tearing TOUGH!” to make it in Rex’s valley. So what are the members of his gang to make of a dino that walks in one day with a series of peaceful poses? Though Rex declares the newcomer to be “silly,” one by one his friends slip away to realign their spines and give their thighs some exercise. Incensed, Rex becomes a victim of his own bad temper, causing the true reason for his rudeness to come to light. “My jaws are deadly. My tail is spiny. My arms are strong! But also…tiny.” In a happy ending, Yogasaurus graciously teaches Rex a pose that doesn’t require use of the upper body. There’s a great deal of good yoga-based storytime read-aloud potential here, thanks in large part to the soft rhymes. The book gracefully weaves in such yoga moves as the plank or the butterfly while keeping the tone amusing and informative rather than preachy. The art highlights this humor perfectly. The book gets a little loosey-goosey with historical timelines (giant ground sloths most certainly did not live in the same era as dinosaurs), but kids will be doing too many downward dogs to care.

Roll out the mats for this dino/yoga mashup treat. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews