Norman's First Day at Dino Day Care

Description

Have courage, little dinosaur! It's Norman's first day at Dino Day Care. Who wouldn't be nervous? First, Norman does what he does best: he makes himself invisible. But eventually he manages to find his courage-with a little help from a new friend and just a hint of magic. Sean Julian playfully reminds us that it's okay to be shy. Everybody is different-and that's a good thing. Perfect for kindergartens!

Sean Julian enjoyed art from an early age, focusing on potato printmaking and creating plasticine dinosaurs. ?He now focuses his talents on children's book illustrations, where he can follow his passion to draw hairy gorillas, bears, and dinosaurs. His pictures delight and entertain. He lives in Bristol, England.

Readers can enjoy a game of seek-and-find while following the experiences of shy dinosaur Norman as he joins a preschool group for the first time in this winning picture book.-- "Publishers Weekly" This charming picture book presents shyness as a special part of one's identity--and one that can confer benefits... The illustrations' warm pastels, childlike dinosaurs, and clever blending of Mesozoic features with a contemporary day care make the point that this world is both familiar and strange, as it might feel to any child starting school.-- "Booklist" Julian's small, diverse groups of fetchingly drawn dino-tots happily stacking rocks outdoors or engaged in other social activities inside beneath the pterodactyl teacher's calm but watchful eyes (and also a wall poster wordlessly promoting the notion of evolution) promise a reassuringly positive experience.-- "Kirkus Reviews" Norman's First Day at Dino Day Care is a much-needed rejoinder to the well-intentioned advice "don't be shy." This gentle tale suggests an alternative approach: learning to recognize and accept who you are, while also discovering how to use those qualities to be part of a team.-- "Bookpage"