Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the different ways dinosaurs can express their love, from cleaning up after making a mess to smiling sweetly instead of roaring.
At first, the dinosaurs try to bring home all manner of wild beasts, but in the end, they learn to bring home an appropriate animal from a shelter or pet store and to love and care for it with attention.
Five year-old Becca refuses to try any new foods, until her family persuades her that Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is the perfect time to try something new.
Told in rhyming text young dinosaurs learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat--but eventually they learn to respect their books, and treat them properly.
"Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses"--
It is not always easy for a dinosaur to learn how to be kind, but with a little practice, and keeping other people firmly in mind, he can become a one-of-a-kind, very kind dinosaur.
Told in rhyme, a bear settles on the narrator's porch, and is soon followed by many other woodland friends, until the porch collapses under the weight--but bear and his friends repair the damage and almost everybody is invited to lunch.
A young fish confidently begins his first day of school, and learns to face fear, anger, and other emotions by counting to ten, thinking of calm seas, and making a new friend.
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