Books like Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp
By Carol Diggory Shields
For the kid who turns every living room into a dance floor, this is a party that happens to be thrown by dinosaurs. Bouncy, loud, and full of stomping energy
A rambunctious crew of dinosaurs shakes tails and stomps feet through a string of silly dance moves — the Shimmy Shimmy Shake, the Quivery Quake, and a rollicking Cha Cha Cha.
A barnyard full of animals kicks up a rollicking square dance, with a fiddle-playing cow calling the moves as pigs, sheep, and horses twirl across the pages.
A feisty red dinosaur roars his way to the library, gathering a lonesome turtle, a sad owl, and other animal friends along the way — but storytime might finally be his match.
A band of monkeys drums, hums, and dances through a bouncy rhyme, inviting little ones to find their own hands, fingers, and thumbs along the way.
A parade of dinosaurs shows off opposite traits in bouncy rhyme — weak and strong, short and long, sweet and grumpy — as they race, roar, and stomp toward lunch.
A bright, rhyming romp through a day in the life of birds — from the rooster's dawn crow to the owl's nighttime call — inviting little ones to cheep and tweet along.
A rhyming romp through prehistoric history reveals underpants-loving dinosaurs, including a strutting T. rex, whose obsession sparked the legendary Underpants War that really wiped them out.
A lone trombone starts to play, then a trumpet joins for a duet, a French horn makes it a trio, and instruments keep arriving until a full ten-piece orchestra fills the stage.
A laid-back cat struts down the street in brand-new white shoes, stepping in strawberries, blueberries, and other messes that change their color again and again — but he never stops singing.
A family of kids and babies fills the house with jazz — humming, drumming, tapping piano keys, and swaying to a beat that carries them all the way to sleep.
A Siamese kitten with an overactive imagination transforms into El Skippito, a mask-and-cape sword-fighter, ready to take on banditos and a bad bumble-beeto to save the day.
A hippopotamus hiccups so hard he keeps toppling onto his bottom, and an elephant, a centipede, and a rhinoceros all try to find a cure before the chaos gets worse.
