If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party by Jill Esbaum and illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova is a delightful whimsical picture book that has a fun twist that children will enjoy reading. My children enjoyed the colourful illustrations that went along the beautiful storyline, which they found to be funny and creative.
The book is about a T. Rex turning up at the door of a birthday party, where the child is initially excited. However, when he stomps and roars it is not as fun. The book makes comparison of T. Rex's size to a school bus, and how it would effect us if a T. Rex was part of the party such as playing on the bouncy castle might not be easy -as it could deflate, and the T. Rex might have some trouble hiding when they play Hide 'n Seek.
The storyline takes children through the fun games that they may have encountered during birthday parties, and how a T. Rex joining it could alter these games. In the end, when the child says goodbye to the T. Rex and gets a hug, he still wants the T. Rex to be back for this next birthday despite the tantrums of the T. Rex he had to deal with.
This book could teach young children a few skills like comparisons to size, as well as comparing reality to imagination. I found this book to be an asset in having creative thinking discussions such as how a normal day may differ if an animal like a friendly T. Rex were to join. It could also teach no matter what is said or done a warm and kind hug can overcome problems we may have between each other.
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Update: The winner is Cami
The book is about a T. Rex turning up at the door of a birthday party, where the child is initially excited. However, when he stomps and roars it is not as fun. The book makes comparison of T. Rex's size to a school bus, and how it would effect us if a T. Rex was part of the party such as playing on the bouncy castle might not be easy -as it could deflate, and the T. Rex might have some trouble hiding when they play Hide 'n Seek.
The storyline takes children through the fun games that they may have encountered during birthday parties, and how a T. Rex joining it could alter these games. In the end, when the child says goodbye to the T. Rex and gets a hug, he still wants the T. Rex to be back for this next birthday despite the tantrums of the T. Rex he had to deal with.
This book could teach young children a few skills like comparisons to size, as well as comparing reality to imagination. I found this book to be an asset in having creative thinking discussions such as how a normal day may differ if an animal like a friendly T. Rex were to join. It could also teach no matter what is said or done a warm and kind hug can overcome problems we may have between each other.
Giveaway:
If you want to win this book enter the giveaway through the rafflecopter below before September 15th. This giveaway is open to everyone in Canada and USA. Please leave comments and follow my social media networks to be eligible to win.
Update: The winner is Cami
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I live in Nova Scotia , Canada. My grandson and I love talking about a book after we finish.
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I live in Southwestern Ontario. I love to read to my granddaughter and when we rarely get together it's a reading marathon. Chelsea always insists that we discuss the books. She is 4 and she always tells me that if she was in the book this is the way that it would happen.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ontario and when we read to our grandson he always asks a lot of questions about the story.
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ReplyDeleteI live in BC. My son and I do discuss the pictures in his book as we read them together.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ontario, Canada and yes, I discuss books with my kids after reading to them.
ReplyDeleteI live in the US and yes we do. Want to make sure they understand everything
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ReplyDeleteI live in Newfoundland, Canada and we love to discuss are books after reading and making up our own story.
I live in Ontario and my granddaughter is still to young to discuss the books, she just likes me reading to her
ReplyDeleteRural Ontario and I talk about the books while reading.
ReplyDeleteI am in Canada. We always debrief after a story if the topic is something the kids don't really understand or if there's a lesson that really needs to be picked up.
ReplyDeleteWe're in Canada....sometimes we have a little discussion after reading a book, I notice that the older my girl gets the more she has to say about what she's reading!
ReplyDeleteI READ to my kids when they were babies so I never got into the habit of discussing the books with them although I do bring out the two we kept of the story of three little kittens as well as the whole story song of three blind mice!! (I'm in Canada)
ReplyDeleteI live in Canada and we often discuss books after reading them. I don't know if I always ask the right questions, or explain all the important points, but we do try.
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from ontario and we do talk after reading - what part was the best
ReplyDeleteI am from Ontario and we love reading together and discussing our favourite parts of the book afterward!
ReplyDeleteI live in Nova Scotia. When my children were small, we discussed books while we were reading them. When they got older we sometimes discussed books after they had read them themselves.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ontario. Talking about books with little ones are the best. Their thoughts are adorable.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ontario, Canada. I try but my daughter is three.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ontario. We love to talk about the books we are reading, as we read and afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI live in Nova Scotia. We love talking about the books we read.
ReplyDeleteI'm in BC. We love reading together and we do talk about the books we read.
ReplyDeleteI live in Ontario. We always talk about the books we read and what their favorite part was.
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