Welcome to Saturday Story Spotlight, my new feature where I discuss books my husband and I are reading with our son, Daniel. These are books that he, we, or all of us particularly enjoy, since we are definitely reading more than one book a week!
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs by Sandra Boynton
Published by Workman Publishing
“Dinosaurs happy,
dinosaurs sad.
Dinosaurs good,
and dinosaurs bad.”
Ah yes, another of Daniel’s books that I can recite virtually all of without even glancing at the page (a very helpful skill, that, when he is being a squirmy wormy).
“Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs” is and has long been our favorite Sandra Boynton book, and we do love Sandra Boynton. The dinosaurs in this book are hilarious and endearing, and appear in pairs of opposites. Like so many of Boynton’s books, this one has a great rhythm, and really lends itself to fun vocal expression.
Now, at 17 months and after reading this book since we received it at his first birthday, I must say that Daniel is starting to get the slightest bit tired of the book and doesn’t ask for it or automatically bring it to me as he used to do, but nearly five months worth of daily readings says to me that this book holds up pretty well. Honestly, even my husband and I didn’t get tired of reading it so often, because it is such a fun book.
I highly recommend “Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs.”
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Oh, how I remember the days of reading the same book over and over and over again. A 5 month run is pretty darn good.
I loved the Sandra Boynton books when my son was younger, he’s now 12 and I miss them and the picture books! There are so many more Boynton books that he will probably find another one to read over and over again. We got a gift set of Boynton books for my son’s first birthday and remember that we read them over and over. Enjoy these moments!
My daughter loved this book too. The only thing is after awhile it took forever to read because every page was why? Why are they thin, why are they bad, etc?
You’re making me hope that Daniel doesn’t come back to this in 6 months =)
We love Sandra Boynton in our house, too. They were Ava’s favorite when she was a baby:)
Thanks for the great review! My son will love this one. He is an absolute dinosaur nut. The illustration on the cover is very nice. We are also enjoying together Matthew Gollub’s latest book, Jazz Fly 2, which a really fun jazz music and Spanish language adventure that comes with an audio cd performed by Gollub. This is a perfect book for elementary school kids and a creative way to teach them Spanish.
Oh! Oh! I didn’t know Sandra had a dinosaur book! Oh this is too exciting! I know about 100 preschoolers who are now getting this for Christmas. Thanks for cluing me in.
I didn’t have the heart to get rid of the books we read over and over again. Even though it used to drive me crazy at the time, I have fond memories.
Love those Sandra Boynton books, have given them as gifts to young friends for years.
A good thing is that there are so many other books by Boynton that Daniel can enjoy, and his parents won’t get bored.
Oh yay! It was fun to see the button :in action:. I like the one you picked!
This sounds like a good one for my little nephew. I’ve always loved Boynton too!