 Loading...  | Dino poet Author: Angleberger, Tom | |
| Price: $19.78 | ||
Summary:
Velociraptor is on a mission: to write the first great poem-ever! His lunch, a prehistoric frog, is also on a mission: to not get eaten! So when Frog tells Velociraptor that his poems stink, the dino decides lunch can wait, at least until after Frog's poetry lessons. A hilarious young graphic novel adventure through the land of the dinosaurs.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (01/15/25)
School Library Journal (+) (02/01/25)
Booklist (00/02/25)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 02/01/2025 K-Gr 3—In the eat-or-be-eaten world of this story, every snack-sized reptile has to hustle to avoid becoming lunch. When the ever-appetizing Frog crosses paths with aspiring poet Coelophysis, Frog employs philosophical wits to redirect Coelophysis's thoughts from a grumbling tummy to poetry writing. Happily for the unlikely duo, there is plenty of scaled, winged, and sharp-toothed inspiration for creating poems of all kinds. Each of this graphic novel's five chapters opens with an illustration of a dinosaur that sparks conversation between Frog and Coelophysis in the coming pages. Angleberger uses quippy dialogue as a clever ruse to sneak in poetry lessons like limerick rhyming, epic poem characteristics, and haiku structure. Out of the digitally collaged panels of simply sketched dinos and notebook-lined speech bubbles arises a standout title pulling double duty as a compelling graphic novel and a poetry mentor text. VERDICT Elementary school readers and their teachers will delight in this laugh-out-loud narrative lesson on poetry writing, or even pick it up just for fun. A recommended purchase for school and public libraries.—Sarah Simpson - Copyright 2025 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
