Books like How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
By Jane Yolen
For the kid who turns into a tiny tyrant the moment a fever hits, this one gently walks through the whole miserable ordeal of being sick and makes the doctor feel a little less scary. Playful, reassuring, a little silly, with the comfort of a predictable rhyming pattern.
Enormous dinosaur children stomp, fuss, and fling their toys at bedtime, until each one settles down and says good night the gentle way.
A boy sets off to buy simple things like a carrot, a hat, and a cake, but every shop hands him the wrong item entirely — a growing parade of mixed-up animals instead.
A bumptious, bustling little dog chases and hustles every cat in the neighborhood — until he meets Scarface Claw, the toughest tomcat in town, and the tables turn.
A drowsy dog just wants a quiet nap, but a bouncy little duckling named Zachary Quack keeps trailing after him, pittery-pattering and pestering him to play.
A frog who can't wait to play in the snow keeps bounding outside half-dressed, and his mother calls him back again and again to put on everything he forgot.
A dog who hates baths buries the scrubbing brush and runs off for a day of adventure, getting so filthy that his own family no longer recognizes him.
A young badger tucked in for the night keeps finding reasons to get out of bed — a glass of milk, a favorite doll, worries about tigers and cracks in the ceiling — testing her patient parents one request at a time.
A beloved family dog named Hally Tosis has breath so terrible her family wants to give her away, so the kids try every trick they can think of to fix her putrid panting before it's too late.
Three dust bunnies named Ed, Ned, and Ted love rhyming games — bug, rug, mug, hug — but a fourth named Bob keeps breaking the pattern, trying to warn them about a broom-wielding danger heading their way.
A mischievous family cat dodges bath time by scrambling Dad's chore list, so the family ends up mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, and mopping the baby instead of doing what they meant to.
Five little monkeys jump on the bed after saying goodnight to Mama — and one by one, they fall off, bump their heads, and get a call to the doctor.
An adopted dog named Cooper refuses to act like a dog — he'd rather drive the family car, go to the ballet, and travel than fetch or sit — so his new family has to adjust to his quirky ways.
