"ROAR! I'M A DINOSAUR. ROAR! NOTHING CAN STOP ME!" says a pointy white-toothed red dinosaur as he leaps into a pile of leaves. "DINOSAUR WINS!" he exclaims, triumphantly. He takes a bow and keeps on roaring. With Dinosaur versus a big slide, a bowl of spaghetti, talking grown-ups, bathtime, and toothbrushing, Dinosaur wins every time. But when Dinosaur faces his biggest challenge—bedtime—bedtime wins, with Dinosaur running out of steam and falling asleep. The marauding dinosaur figure is outlined in thick black crayon outlines, along with huge bold black capital lettering exploding across each page, plus mixed media collages, and lots and lots of red.

If you think you can read this roar-filled book at bedtime and watch your own little dinosaurs snuggle down for the night, think again. This'll rile them right up, and they'll make you read it again. Expect a sore throat from all that roaring. And the next time you're talking to other grown-ups ("BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!"), you should expect to hear some roaring coming from down below. With just one kid or a whole group of children, this is going to be fun to act out in creative drama as they jump, slide, slurp spaghetti, run, and, at last, fall asleep. Actors can come up with additions "Dinosaur versus" situations to act out, too.

To see a very droll video of the author reading the book aloud, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLCgr-hfgow. School librarian Karen DeFrank and her first graders from Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School in Glassboro, NJ had a wonderful and creative time inspired by the book. She drew a little dinosaur and made copies of it and cut them out. She taped one to the top of each piece of story paper, and on the lines below, the children wrote DINOSAUR VS. __________! The kids dreamed up and drew all sorts of new adventures: Dinosaur vs. King Kong! Dinosaur vs. T-Rex! Dinosaur vs. My Mom! Dinosaur vs. A Vending Machine!

THEMES: BEDTIME STORIES. DINOSAURS. EASY READERS. IMAGINATION.