Dinosaur Dig!
A growing dinosaur crew operates construction machinery, turning counting into a sequence of jobs that lead to one shared result.
Dinosaur Dig! by Penny Dale is estimated to take about 3.5 minutes to read aloud (162 words, 1 sentence a spread). Best for ages 2-4.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 3.5 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 162Word count
- Sentences per spread
- 1Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 4/5repeat friendly
- Vocabulary level
- 2/5everyday words
- Best for
- Ages 2-4Age range
Our review
The count grows from one dinosaur to ten while the crew digs, shovels, rolls and scrapes. Numbers therefore belong to a changing work site: a child can follow who has joined and what the equipment is doing, rather than naming disconnected vehicles. The final surprise gives the separate jobs a destination.
Try one pass following the work and another counting the crew. Those are different reading games, so neither needs to interrupt every page. Dinosaur Zoom! is the closer choice for a child interested in travel and engine sounds; Dinosaur Dig! gives a construction fan more opportunity to connect a machine with an action. Choose nonfiction separately if the child wants to know how real dinosaurs lived.
Before you buy it
The dinosaurs are playful workers rather than a source of prehistoric facts. Dinosaur Zoom! uses the same combination of animals and vehicles for a journey instead of a building project.
Themes
- dinosaurs
- diggers
- counting
- building
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