Colorasaurus by Megan E. Bryant

by Megan E. Bryant

In this new series of concept-based, shaped dinosaur board books, little ones will learn dinosaur names for every letter of the alphabet, identify bold shapes, practice counting skills, and discover the bright colors in the dinosaur world. Both kid-friendly and educational, these board books make reading and playtime fun for the whole family!

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs

Board Book

First published July 25, 2012

About the author

I've counted books among my friends for as long as I can remember. I was born in Santa Monica, California, though that beautiful city is just one of many places I've called home; my family moved ten times before I graduated from high school. Moving so frequently gave me many opportunities to experience new places, meet new people, and make new friends . . . but it could be lonely, too, especially while I adjusted to a new town or school. When I felt homesick for people and places far away, I knew that I could always turn to my books, familiar friends who traveled everywhere I did. Reading so much inspired me to write my own stories and poems, on topics ranging from birds and snowflakes to castles and talking pasta (really!).

Looking back, all that reading and writing was the perfect preparation for my dream job: writing for children and young adults. I moved to New York City for college and after graduating from New York University with a degree in Dramatic Literature, I worked as a children's book editor for five years. Another move—this time with my husband—led me to close my eyes, hold my breath, and take the leap to become a full-time writer. It was the best decision I ever could've made.

I've lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for five years (that's almost a record for me) with my family, and I thank my lucky stars every day for the good fortune to write for kids and teens.

When I'm not writing, I'm . . .
Knitting obsessively, just like my grandmother did (if there's a knitting gene, I got it from her)
Drinking another pot of tea
Doodling on a 3 x 5 index card
Attempting to decipher the cryptic Post-It notes stuck to my desk
Reading voraciously, especially nonfiction or current events
Cooking vegetarian food (or, more likely, making dessert)
Trying to save my garden from a fearless band of marauding squirrels
Cuddling with my cat and wrestling with my dog
Covering my kids with kisses
(copied from the author's website)

Reviews

[Regina Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a cute little story that incorporates a child’s love for dinosaurs while teaching them about colors. As the dinosaurs are out and about living life the book describes the items around them and focuses on what color they are.
I enjoyed this book and feel that the fun shape of it may interest kids.I think this is an amazing way to introduce a child to color as well as get them excited for reading, especially if they are a dinosaur lover.
I think this book would be best for small readers around the grades of pre-k to kindergarten. I think it would also be great to follow this book up with a coloring activity.

[Hailey Corman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story about the colors. Great for young students. It would be cool to see an addition focusing on specific colors like “light blue” or something like this. This book is really awesome for teaching kids about their colors in a fun way though!

[Raimy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have to admit I was a little upset that the American spelling of ‘color’ was adopted for the book but these were originally published and picked up from the American branch of Chronicle to my knowledge so that will have to be overlooked. The Colorasaurus book was fantastic and the each of the colours mentioned within the book stand out so amazingly bright against anything else in the pictures. I loved how stark the blue water was against the rest of the page and the tone adopted for the pink t-rex tongues was so noticeable I thought it was different material to the card the book was made from! The pictures in this book will have any kid stoping their parent to gaze at the page more before its turned over!

The books (Countasaurus, Shapeasaurus, Alphasaurus and Colorasaurus) are quite big, I’d say around A4 landscaped size but they are made into shapes reflecting the dinosaurs on the front which I thought was a really great idea. EAch book has a different dinosaur in a different colour and although you can tell the books are all form the same collection they each look exciting in their own way. Reading these to any child will depend on their interest in dinosaurs, the colours and pictures used and the age of the child. I think they would make great gifts for any child from around 18 to 30 months.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Soft colors and funny-looking dinosaurs move across the pages of this nifty board book intended to teach young readers about colors. The dinosaurs will have appeal for young readers while the sentences used on each page will guarantee adult readers won't get bored during readalouds; for instance, "Velociraptors race away from red fireballs blasting out of a volcano" (unpaged). The color red is printed in red. Very, very cool!

[Julia Meservy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fabulous. Let's just say it was the only thing that stopped my son from crying on a long plane ride.