#blogbookaday: Bigger Than You

Summary:  “This picture book debut puts a fresh spin on playground dynamics, conflict resolution, relative size, and most important, dinosaurs! With an engaging concept, educational back matter, and a dinosaur growth chart, this engaging playground tale is perfect for curious children and fans of Byron Barton’s Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs and Jane Yolen’s How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

“I’m bigger than you!” announces the Iguanodon.
“I’m bigger than you!” argues the Triceratops.
“I’m MORE TERRIBLE than you!” yells the Tyrannosaurus.

Playground antics have never been as much fun—and never visually depicted so much about relative size and weight—as in Hyewon Kyung’s picture book debut. A group of young dinosaurs builds a makeshift seesaw and then takes turns playing on it until the bossy, big, and TERRIBLE Tyrannosaurus goes too far, and Mom steps in to deflate the situation and encourage a peaceful and productive new game. Kyung’s detailed and humorous illustrations will capture the attention of all young dinosaur fans, the short text is ideal for new readers, and the size chart, dinosaur facts, and information about simple machines keep adding to the fun. Promotes cooperation and curiosity—the perfect choice for family and story time sharing.” (Taken from Goodreads)

Review: Each dinosaur wants to prove they’re larger than the last using a seesaw to show how heavy each one is. I love how the T. Rex mama steps in and creates a new piece of playground equipment that allows everyone to share together (still using the same tools they had before). This is an adorable story about dinosaurs (and STEM topics)!

Personal Reaction: A close up look at simple machines and force in an accessible way for kids to understand – with dinosaurs! I loved this book as a preschool STEM program – learning about size and weight. You could easily create a program using a scale to measure how heavy different plastic dinosaurs are or some other materials and this book would be a great introduction – plus the last page talks about other simple machines and would be a great introduction.

Title: Bigger Than You
Author: Hyewon Kyung
Illustrator: Hyewon Kyung
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Publication Date: July 31, 2018

This is a new idea I’m trying on my blog this year that was inspired by @donalynbooks and @heisereads – to provide a brief review of a picture book every day of 2018. You’ll get a brief summary of the story, a review of the content, illustrations and theme, my personal reaction to the book and all the pertinent publication information! Enjoy!