A playful peek into the homes of poorly dinosaurs‘What if adinosaurcatches the flu?Does he whimper and whinein between eachAtchoo?’Most certainly not! Dinosaurs get lots of juice and rest .They use hankies, take their medicine and are well-behaved at thedoctor’s!Brimming with humour and familiar antics, here is aplayful peek into the homes of poorly dinosaur children and theirparents. Mark Teague uses a variety of perspectives in hisdramatic, full-page pictures of tyrannosaurus rexes, triceratopses,and pteranodons.

· Promote English fluency – Text aresimple and patterned. There is a lot of repetition that occurs thathelp give the reader a sense of predictability and familiarity.Repetitive rhymes promote memorization as well as word recognitionskills, therefore the key factor in learning toread.
· Encourage good manners - Delightfulillustrations that would be great for drawing in young readers. Notonly do kids get a visual representation of positive attitude, thestories can also make way to a discussion of what proper behavioror etiquette is to behave.
· Make learning Science fun -Dinosaurs are a unit that most children enjoy, which makes this agreat resource to learn about them. These books touch on differenttypes of dinosaurs, with each scientific name of the dinosaurincorporated into the illustrations of dinosaurs that representedphysically through detailed pictures.
· Promote multiculturalism - Thesebooks do a great job showing racial diversity. Moms, Dads and kidsof different races are shown throughout the illustrationsrepresenting different cultures of people.

　Following up their bestseller How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?,Caldecott Medal winner Jane Yolen and illustrator Mark Teague havepenned this instructive lesson on dinosaur health care. Eachdouble-page spread features one enormous dinosaur looking wan andsniffly but mostly cranky, petulant, ornery, sullen, anddisagreeable. The human moms and dads are visibly worried and/orfrustrated by their sick dinos behaving badly. Witness the nicelady dragging her gigantic Styracosaurus out of the elevator andacross the hall to the doctor's office: "What if a dinosaur goes tothe doc? Does he drag all his feet till his mom is in shock?" Thelook on this mom's face will be familiar to anyone who's everforcibly moved a child, who seems to have suddenly gained a millionpounds, from one place to another. And of course, it turns out thatdinosaurs don't misbehave when they're sick: "He drinks lots ofjuice, and he gets lots of rest. He's good at the doctor's, 'causedoctors know best."The rhymes are somewhat forced, especiallytoward the end of the book, but Teague's marvelous paintings arebright and expressive throughout. Each dinosaur is cleverlylabeled, and these aren't your run-of-the-mill dinos;dinosaur-obsessed little ones will crow over Parasaurolophus,Euoplocephalus, and Tuojiangosaurus. They'll also learn a littlesomething about how to behave when they're sick. --Jennifer Lindsay--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.