How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad? - (How Do Dinosaurs...?) by Jane Yolen

About the Book

Almost everyone gets angry. But how can young dinosaurs also learn to calm down, take a time out, and behave? The award-winning team of Yolen and Teague have created a fun, engaging book sure to help children handle anger and frustration. Full color.

Book Synopsis

R-O-A-R! What happens when little dinosaurs get mad? And how do they calm down?

Brimming with humor, this sparkling new book handles a timeless children's topic with wit and wisdom. Romp and stomp! Roar and slam! Almost everyone gets angry. But how can young dinosaurs also learn to calm down, take a time out, and behave?The award-winning team of Yolen and Teague have created a fun, engaging book sure to help children handle anger and frustration. Readers will laugh at the antics of an Afrovenator's tantrum and a storming Pachyrhinosaurus.Anger can be difficult to talk about with your child, but even when little dinosaurs are furious, it's important to help them handle their feelings and remind them they are always loved. With the same warmth, charm, and humor in all the bestselling How Do Dinosaurs books, here is the perfect way to say, "I'm sorry--and I love you."

From the Back Cover

How do dinosaurs say I'M MAD? When little dinosaurs get angry, they sometimes misbehave. In this book, readers will laugh aloud to see them yell and stomp in a full range of naughty, dinosaur-sized antics.

But after a dinosaur storms around the hou

Review Quotes

Praise for the How Do Dinosaurs books: HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?An ALA Notable BookA SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Book of the YearA BOOKLIST Editor's ChoiceA NEW YORK TIMES, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, and BOOKSENSE bestseller."A delight from start to finish; better buy more than one."--BOOKLISTHOW DO DINOSAURS GET WELL SOON? A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the YearA Parent's Choice Award winner* "An excellent choice for story hours."--BOOKLIST, starred review* "The perfect prescription for the crankily bedridden."--KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred reviewHOW DO DINOSAURS SAY I LOVE YOU?A Parent's Choice Award winner"Kids should relate to the dinosaurs' mood swings and take heart in the notion that love conquers all."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLYHOW DO DINOSAURS SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS?"Don't pass up this exuberant guide to achieving yuletide harmony."--SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALHOW DO DINOSAURS SAY HAPPY CHANUKAH?"Yolen's characteristically wry verse is flawless in its rhyme and rhythm, and . . . the art's buttoned-up 1950s fashions and furnishings provide a comical visual contrast to the outlandish, brightly colored dinosaurs."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

About the Author

Jane Yolen is the beloved author of more than 365 books for children and adults, including award-winning picture books, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to two Nebula Awards and a National Book Award nomination, she has received a Golden Kite from SCBWI, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, and the California Young Reader Medal. Yolen's How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? was an ALA Notable Book and a Christopher Medal winner. The book has gone on to become a widely popular bestselling series. She lives in Western Massachusetts.
Mark Teague is the international bestselling illustrator (and author) of more than 50 books for children. His numerous awards and honors include the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the Christopher Medal. He has illustrated the widely successful How Do Dinosaurs...? series. He is the author of the popular Dear Mrs. LaRue, Firehouse!, and Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries. He lives in New York State.