Bentley, D. (2004). Snack Time, Tyrannosaurus Rex! (Carr, K. Illus.) Norwalk, CT: Trudy Corporation.
This is a level one reader about a female Tyrannosaurus Rex’s daily routine to get food. The book is a good size for a “hopper” (preschool to grade 1, as defined by the publisher’s criteria). It is large enough to appear big to a 5 year old and the pages while thin, are sturdy. the book is comprised of alternating full page pictures, detailed computer generated graphics, and large print text, usually no more than two sentences per page, and size twenty-six font. After the story there is a fact page and a glossary of the difficult dinosaur names. I would like to see how a preschooler handled pronouncing “Quetzalcoatlus” the first time they saw it, as it was a tongue twister for myself. However, pronouncing big words is one thing young readers take pride in, so this is a good choice I feel.
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