One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

by Kim Norman, Pierre Collet-Derby (Illustrator)

Overview

"Storytime and read-aloud gold. . . . A dino-delight." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

One-osaurus, two-osaurus, three-osaurus, four . . .

Look there, in a child's bedroom, where some prehistoric pals are gathered in a counting game. Nine dinosaurs are playing a singsong 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 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536240849
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/01/2025
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 6.25(h) x 0.72(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Kim Norman is an artist, actress, and singer as well as an author of many children's books, including Give Me Back My Bones!, Puddle Pug, and The Bot That Scott Built. Calling herself a "bedtime book booster," Kim Norman visits schools around the country, sharing her love of books. She lives in Virginia.

Pierre Collet-Derby is an author and illustrator of numerous children's books. He worked for many years in the animation and video game industries before devoting his days to drawing, writing, and strumming his ukulele. Born and raised in France, where he studied animation, Pierre Collet-Derby now lives in Canada.

Editorial Reviews

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...A dino-delight.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From the Publisher

★ 2020-11-27
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)

Kirkus Reviews