Dino-Hockey Book
By: Lisa Wheeler
Ages 4 and up
"The game begins at half past six,
when dinos grab their hockey sticks."
Rhyming couplets set the scene for a fantastical sports event: a hockey game played between opposing dinosaur teams: the
Meat-Eaters and the Veggiesaurs. Gott's action-filled paintings amplify the sports moves and the players' comically
exaggerated expressions, from the scowling face off between T. Rex and Tricera to the jubilant postgame celebration, covered
by eager dino newscasters. Kids new to hockey may need help visualizing terms such as assist and check, but even if they
don't have a full grasp of specifics, many children will be caught up by the inventive premise, the slapstick humor, and the
energy in the words and pictures. By sorting teams by herbivores and carnivores, this also sneaks in a science lesson that is
reinforced with a scoreboard visual.
32 Pages
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