My First Dino-Hockey

by Lisa Wheeler, Barry Gott (Illustrator)

Overview

Dino-skates. / Stick and puck. / Dino-helmet. / Lick for luck.

Introduce young readers to the thrill of hockey with Lisa Wheeler's simple rhyming text and Barry Gott's high-energy illustrations. Little fans will cheer as two dinosaur hockey teams square off in this fast-paced board book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728446165
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Series:	Dino Board Books
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.29(d)
Lexile:	180L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 6 Years

About the Author

Lisa Wheeler is the award-winning author of the Dino-Sports and Dino-Holidays books. When she isn't running around the country visiting schools, standing at podiums, and eating airport snacks, she resides in Michigan.

Barry Gott lives in Ohio and has illustrated many children's books, including all of the Dino-Sports and Dino-Holidays books.

Editorial Reviews

"A great fit for dino fans and future sports fans."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2022-05-25
The veggiesaurs face off against the meat eaters in a dinosaur hockey game.

This rhyming board book features hockey-playing dinosaurs as they glide across the ice in front of an excited crowd. With simple text—often no more than two to three words on a page—and an appealing subject matter, this lends itself nicely to toddler readers. Gott’s illustrations capture the speed of the game and the crowd’s enthusiasm. One particularly action-packed scene shows a puck slamming toward the goal, the goalie Troodon’s surprise and determination evident on its face. Gott’s ice shines, while the dinosaurs are depicted in eye-catching greens, beiges, and oranges. The action-packed scenes include dinosaur head-butting moves along with slick hockey skills. There are lots of details, such as the time display on the Jumbotron, the “DHL” logo on the rink, and the names and numbers on the players’ jerseys. The rhyming text is largely descriptive (“Dino-skates. / Stick and puck”), with a simplicity and bouncy rhyme that pace the story appropriately and allow the illustrations to take the lead. Overall, this is a great fit for dino fans and future sports fans. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Basic content with all-star illustrations. (Board book. 0-2)

Kirkus Reviews