Dinosaur!

By: Peter Sis (2000)

This wordless picture book tells the story of a young boy that takes a bath with his toy dinosaur and he imagines giant dinosaurs joining him during his bath time. His bath eventually fades away into what looks like a lake as his imagination gets more vivid, as do the dinosaurs. His mom then finds him splashing and making a mess in the bathroom as he is really getting into him playing.

I thought that this was a cute book that many younger children could definitely relate to. The idea of kids creating great stories from their imagination is something everyone has probably done, making this a story that would probably be popular with many young children.

As a teacher I think I would use this book to help students think about their favorite toy and a story that they could create around this toy. This activity would probably be for students in younger elementary grades, but I think that it would help show them that their imagination is valued in school. This sort of wordless picture book could also be used to help students create their own story to match the pictures to help them practice story telling.