How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud?

How Do Dinosaurs...?

by Jane Yolen, Jane Yolen

HOW DO DINOSAURS LAUGH OUT LOUD? With good-natured jokes, lift-the-flaps on every spread, and the classic, bestselling characters from Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. What do you call a dinosaur sleeping in your bed? A Dino-snore!Filled with the beloved prehistoric humor that made How Do Dinosaurs a bestselling series, Jane Yolen and Mark Teague present a new lift-the-flap format to answer the age old question, once and for all, How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud? Young readers will love to read this uproarious book again and again!

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Humor, Animals, Fantasy, Fiction

14 pages, Board Book

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Jane Yolen was a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who wrote more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lived in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

Reviews

[Dolly]

We've read a few of the books in the How Do
Dinosaurs..." series by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague, but our girls have outgrown these books, so I read them at the library myself.

This is a fun book that includes several punny riddles, with the answers hidden behind flaps. I'm afraid that the target audience will not really 'get' the jokes, but I thought they were somewhat humorous. Children will enjoy the lift-the-flap feature nonetheless.

[Bill Sannwald]

Boo! Nothing but a cheap cash in that reuses assets from previous books and adds lame jokes to them. You know it's cheap when the "What kind of stories do dinosaurs like?" section just uses a pic of a sick dinosaur with the only relation to the theme being he's holding a coloring book. Seriously a shame, as the actual "How Do Dinosaurs..." books by Yolen and Teague are great. This one is a (ahem) joke.

Speaking of which, I'll leave you with this "joke":

What did the dinosaur say right before bed?
Good night, sleep tight. Don't let the Tyrannosaurus bite!

[Shauna Ludlow Smith]

My bright four year-old grandson didn’t get the jokes in the book even though he loves dinosaurs. There are several flaps on each page to answer the jokes. Cool dinosaur illustrations that identify the type.

[Nancy]

Funny jokes!

[Kate M. Colby]

Jack borrowed this book from the Canal Winchester Library. I picked it because he loves dinosaurs and this series...usually.

Honestly, I'm not sure what's going on here. This is a board book, which means the intended audience should be 0-4. Maybe up to around 5 if we're being generous. The jokes and puns are not age appropriate for kids in this age range. And, even as an adult who understood all the jokes, they honestly weren't funny or clever. The only one Jack laughed at was "Dino-snore." The rest of the time, he just looked at me with this incredulous expression as if to ask why I was reading a boring book of nonsense.

[Andrés]

The jokes that make puns of the word "dinosaur" were the strongest. Some of them weren't funny at all "Why did the dinosaur eat so fast?" "He didn't want to lose his appetite." The lift-flap book is fun, but the format and content is more appropriate for an older reader who wouldn't be looking in the board book section.

[Manu]

Leila - 10 stars - I liked that the water was on the floor

[Kristin Chesser]

Reviewed by Arlo (3yrs old):
That's funny Mama!

[Savannah Hollifield]

Super cute book, but the jokes are a little too mature for preschoolers to appreciate. I have a lift-a-flap copy and they love that element of it.

[Brigid Keely]

"How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud?" by Jane Yolen is a lift-the-flaps joke books with a dinosaur theme. My kid's currently obsessed with "Walking With Dinosaurs," to the point where he calls this book "Laughing With Dinosaurs." The illustrations are adorable, and the types of dinosaurs are clearly labelled for the curious. The jokes, frankly, are wearying to read over and over. They are incredibly corny. But the delight factor in the kid audience is pretty much worth it. This is a good series, actually, and if you have a kid who likes dinosaurs (or just fun books) pick it up.

[Elizabeth S]

I love this whole series. This book is basically a series of dinosaur jokes, but more fun because the answer to each joke is under a flap that you lift. Warning, despite being a board book, young kids won't get most of the jokes. At least my 3-year-old didn't. But she did enjoy lifting the flaps. Illustrations are as well-done as the rest of the "How Do Dinosaurs..." series.

[Kayleigh]

My daughter liked the flaps but even at 4 didn't get a lot of the jokes. She's even in a stage where she tells jokes all the time and she has a great sense of humor. I'm glad this was just a library book.

[The Badger]

I love these dinosaur books. When I have "book-dates" with younger students for good behavior, I may possibly maybe sort of kind of lead them towards either the dinosaur books or the Skippy John Jones books.

[Amber Lessa]

Jokes not so good- aside from the pictures, even Chris, who is very much in 3 year old joke mode wasn't very enchanted.

[Katie]

A couple of really cute dino jokes in this one!

[Kerri]

It was okay. I like the pictures and artistry, but half the jokes were cute and some were just reaching too far and not funny.

[Joella]

This book has lift-the-flap jokes. Some are more funny than others, but that is what I would expect of a kids' themed-joke book.

[Brittney]

Cute dinosaurs jokes

[Melissa]

My son absolutely loved this book. The jokes could have been funnier and made a little more sense but he was thrilled with the pictures and the flaps you lift to get the answers to the jokes!

[Amynicole]

Fun introduction to jokes for any dinosaur loving little one! some jokes were weird and didn't make much sense, but others were catchy!

[K Morlando]

We love the How do Dinosaurs series!