How Do Dinosaurs Go to Sleep? (How Do Dinosaurs...?)

Yolen and Teague return to a subject they covered in their 2000 picture book, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, as an unusual group of dinosaurs--concavenator, majungasaurus, and sauropelta, among them--demonstrate how one should and shouldn't behave at bedtime. A pachyrhinosaurus hides under a bed that's at least half as big as he is, and a yellow-feathered enigmasaurus wags a claw at its not-so-happy human mom ("Does he scream at his mother that he just won't go, / using his favorite words--no no no!"). Once again, Yolen and Teague's hilarious visions of tantrum-throwing dinos should bring smiles to even the crankiest (and most bedtime-reluctant) kids. Up to age 3. Author's agent: Elizabeth Harding, Curtis Brown. (Aug.)

Toddler-PreS—In this adaptation of the popular picture book, Yolen teaches readers about how dinosaurs go to sleep. The familiar illustrations show huge dinosaurs acting just like toddlers and include the proper name for each dinosaur underneath its depiction. The rhyming cadence of the text makes this a perfect read aloud for storytime. It will be difficult to keep this board book on the shelf with Yolen's recognizable name and the popular subject matter. A worthy addition to most libraries.