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|title=The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur
|sort=Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=978-0192757630
|pages=32
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|date=April 2012
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|summary=When a big, show-off dinosaur learns to share, he discovers two really, really, really good new friends. We love a book with a message and this one is a corker!
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Now, Finlay is only small; but he's a smart little cookie because not only does he outwit the big dinosaur - who thinks he is strong and clever and bigger and better than any of the other dinosaurs - but Finlay teaches the big dinosaur that it's much better not to be a big, greedy, show-off. The big dinosaur learns that sharing with your friends can be much more fun than having something all to yourself.
We really loved the ideas in this little story; firstly the message about sharing - which is a big deal for lots of pre-schoolers preschoolers who are just getting used to socialising in small groups, thus preparing them for ''big school''. Secondly, we really liked the message about bullying. It's a very tricky subject to tackle at this tender age and by addressing it in the gentle and fun way such as this, you can tick the parental box under ''Responsible Socialisation'' and sleep peacefully!
Moreover, it's brilliantly illustrated with something of the ''Spike Milligans'' about some of the dinosaurs' facial expressions and though you might expect dinosaurs to be a tough one to colour, Byrne delivers a bright and eyecatching spectacle within the ''lizard'' spectrum!
If you are keen to tackle some of the more common in the ''pre-schooler issues'' territory and you have a non-sleeper (like my 4 year old), maybe [[Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth]] because it's beautiful and you fall utterly in love with the Little Bear and totally feel for Big Bear and his attempts to get Little Bear to go to sleep.
Finally a big wave of thanks to the kind people at Oxford Press for sending this copy to Bookbag for review. We also have a review of [[Penguins Can't Fly! by Richard Byrne]].
You might also enjoy [[Silly Dizzy Dinosaur by Jack Tickle]]. {{amazontext|amazon=0192757636}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=86688370192757636}}
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