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Summary
Laurie Berkner, "the queen of children's music," ( People ) pairs the lyrics of her beloved hit with Ben Clanton's whimsical illustrations in this winning, adorable picture book--a must-have for fans of Laurie, dinosaurs, and all things cute.
We are the dinosaurs
Marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs
Laurie Berkner's chart-topping, beloved hit "We Are the Dinosaurs" is now a picture book! Featuring an adorable cast of characters and vibrant, playful art by Ben Clanton, We Are the Dinosaurs transports readers back in time to when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
WHADDAYA THINK OF THAT?
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
The lyrics to children's musician Berkner's catchy tune are a poor choice for the picture book treatment: without music, they're repetitive and shapeless ("We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching. We are the dinosaurs. We make the earth flat. We make the earth flat"). Alongside the colored-pencil, acrylic, and watercolor art, the cartoonish dinos' numerous asides (e.g., "Ready to march?") are visually distracting. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Here be dinosaurs. When adapting a song to a picture-book format, the source material should have the same natural rise and fall of action as a literary text. Some songs take to their newfound formats like a fish to water, while others, like Berkner's here, are left gasping for air. Working a plot onto the plotless lyrics of the titular song, pictures and added dialogue send five little dinosaurs on a hike up a mountain. The cartoony crew stomps, stops to eat, climbs, and goes to sleep in a mountaintop cave before running heck-for-leather back down to avoid a volcanic demise. Plenty of dialogue assists the text, though the lyrics of the song provide the story's backbone. Readers already familiar with the music will enjoy the lively adaptation, but for new fans, the lure of dinosaurs may not be enough to sustain their interest. Much of the heavy lifting is performed by Clanton, whose wide-eyed, perky dinosaurs attempt to hang a plot on Berkner's upbeat, repetitive lyrics, with limited success. Though there is initial lip service paid to the repeated assertion that the dinosaurs "make the earth flat," depiction of the dinosaurs on the lumpy incline of the mountain will puzzle readers. Oddly, for a book so reliant on familiarity with Berkner's song, no CD or online link to the music is included (though "We Are the Dinosaurs" sheet music is printed on the book's back cover, where it will likely be inaccessible to library users). In a market teeming with terrible reptiles, this book earns itself a big di-NO. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.