My son identifies as a dinosaur and this book uses the pronoun she
351510
I love the price but I also have other dinosaur books from this series. Im guess this book was written early on because the pronouns are all she. Was a bit disappointed-i have sons and I have chosen their gender as male for them. Sue me. When reading, Ill just edit it-but theres also little girls in the book as well. In the other books, they say A dinosaur instead of she.  Also disappointed because my youngest, when not identifying as a male, also identifies as a dinosaur.
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As a clinician working with transgendered people, I was thrilled when I heard about this book! Understanding why a parent is transgendered, and what to expect, can be difficult for children.

My first concern with this book is that the transgendered parent is not only changing from male to female, but also from leopard to lion. This seems a bit confusing.

Secondly, there is inconsistent pronoun usage. The trans parent is referred to using the pronoun "he" throughout the book, except on one page, where "she" is used (it isn't even the last page, or the last time a gendered pronoun is used). The standard is that all transgendered people be addressed by whatever their current gender presentation is, so after Leonard became Leona, he/she should only be referred to using female pronouns.

Overall, this book is a great idea. My hope is that the publishers go back and edit the pronoun usage so it's a bit more consistent.
2153321
A little boy proclaims he'd like to be a dinosaur. And a dinosaur appears, and confirms the coolness of being a dinosaur. But it turns out dinosaurs aren't good at everything a little boy can do. So maybe the dinosaur wants to be a little boy!

Cute, with a message. An obvious diversity message, but not overplayed.

Not destined to be a classic, but still a fun diversion. Especially for a little one who likes dinosaurs.

I was provided a copy for review by the publisher.
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I asked my three-year-old what kind of socks he wanted, and he enthusiastically shouted, "Dinosaur socks!" Of course he did. Kid loves dinosaurs. But what kind of dinosaur socks? There are a lot out there, you know. He thought for a moment. "I want socks that say, 'Courage, Ancient King' on them!" he replied. What? No, there's no such thing. But he was not deterred. "I want them to say 'Ancient Lizard, Dangerous Monster!'" he shouted. "Ancient Dino, Powerful Dinosaur!" He was babbling nonsense, I thought, stringing vaguely related words together. "Be reasonable," I urged him. "You know dinosaurs weren't lizards." He looked me intently in the eye. "Ancient Lizard," he said.  Thankfully we found these socks, designed and manufactured in a foreign country with access to a free online translator. Thanks, Amazon.
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I received this book and read it to myself as my son (3.5 yrs) was busy playing with his Legos. I haven't even read it to him yet since then but I have to say *I* love it and I hope he does, too. I was smiling as I read through it. The illustrations are lovely and whimsical and avoid genderizing more than necessary or even representing ethnicity. Each of the people is represented in an androgynous and colorful (think rainbow) way with no definite faces, hair styles, clothing, skin tones ... the focus is on the reproductive organs necessary for making a baby and the feelings involved in the relationships that result in a baby. Really a well done presentation of the IDEA and the theme to a child who is curious without imposing "social norms". I really like that it doesn't impose a schema of gender expectations on a child or what a "couple" looks like just because the book is talking about sex. Really a lovely and well written and illustrated book! Right length, great simple presentation.

(Aside: Just an example of why it's important to me personally that stereotypes are not reinforced: My son has long hair. We live in TX where this doesn't seem to be even remotely common and he is repeatedly confused for a girl even though he is wearing clothing that I would consider typically "boy" clothes. I don't think only girls have long hair or that it should be considered odd for a boy to have long hair, or for a girl to have short hair. So on the same note I would prefer a book to not enforce the expectations of long hair on a female, or specific roles that are required/expected of men or women.)
230873
The book is fine except for the page that talks about the White House and how "He" (the President) lives there and we should listen to "His" speech. I won't read it that way to my daughter and will always change the wording to gender neutral language. I don't want her first impressions of the presidency to be that she's excluded.
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Just what i needed, my son is always asking mom what does that mean mom what does that mean.  We would break out regular dictionary but it was no the same.  This one explains it as needed to the context of your reading..  As in this case we are reading the Bible so we want to know the definition to relate to our reading.  Not a stuffy definition that usually makes my sons face go blank and leaves him more confused then when we started.
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I purchased this book for my son to read with my grandson who is Autistic. We were at our wits end trying to figure out how Dad would be able to teach his son how his body was changing. He showed him the book, let him look through it, and then sat down and looked at it together, having
changed Tom's name to my grandson's name to personalize the story.
I was told that he was interested in the book. It was left in a conspicuous place so that it was easy for my grandson to place it on his bed as his
choice of a book for the following night. All went well, and my son will continue to refer to the book with my grandson at the appropriate times.
I am grateful for this material, and I think that anyone with a special needs child should purchase What's Happening to Tom?
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I left this book on my 9 year olds bedside table for him to find.  I walked in a while later and he was engrossed, reading in bed.  I sat with him and said, Sex is a funny word, isn't it?  He agreed.  He then flipped to the page that says its ok to talk about this stuff with people you trust and said, Yeah, I trust my mom  and reached out to touch my arm.  I think this is a good place to start an ongoing conversation.  The book is written in comic book format which is familiar to him and easy for him to absorb the material.  Its a thick book though, so it will probably take him a few days to read it through, and then we can go back and talk about certain parts as they come up.
What I was immediately impressed with was the illustrations and how the characters are presentedtheir personalities first, gender and preferences later.  The characters seem very relatable.  Overall, Im happy with this purchase.
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Mamasaurus glanced back at her precious Babysaurus, a little dino who was perched on her back chomp, chomp, chomping leaves from a tree.  Mmmmm, veggies were so good!  All was well until he slid and slipped right off the edge of her long, curly tail and into a pile of leaves.  Wheeeeeee!  Plop.  It was so dark that he could not see his Mamasaurus anywhere.  Waaaaaah!  Just what could the little Babysaurus do without his mama?  He could ask if anyone had seen her, thats what.  A little pink and orange birdie, Ornito approached him.

Hey, wait! he asked, Have you seen my mama?  No, if she didn't run faster than the wind like Ornitos mama, he hadnt seen him.  Waaaaah!  Just what was the little Babysaurus going to do without his mama?  He could ask someone else if they had seen her, thats what.  Little purple Tritopta was chomping on some leaves and Babysaurus asked if hed seen his mama. Does she have a long horn like my mama?  Tritopta asked.  No, but she did have a wonderful long neck.  No, Tritopta hadnt seen Babysauruss mama either.

On and on Babysaurus went, asking everyone he met if hes seen his mama.  Waaaaah!  Blue Ptero hadnt seen his mama, nor had turquoise Hespero.  Have you seen my mama?  he continued to ask.  All of a sudden there was a BIG, loud noise.  ZZZZZ!  Surely that must be his mama, but nooooo, that was Rexy.  Does she have, Rexy asked, sharp teeth like my mama? There were so many creatures in that deep, dark jungle, but had anyone seen his mama?  Waaaah!

This is an adorable tale of Babysaurus, a little lost dino, that preschool children will love.  Of course the fun, cute factor in this dino book is an off-the-wall one.  Stephan Lomps artwork is eye-popping and lots of fun. Babysaurus, a wide-eyed little dino, is xtra-appealing and will become an instant favorite with the picture book crowd.  Young dino lovers will probably know all about some of the baby dinosaurs in this book.  Theyll recognize the baby triceratops and pterodactyl with ease.  Mamasaurus is definitely a dino book thats not to be missed!

This book courtesy of the publisher.
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Okay, the book might be okay.  But I can't believe the 'author' used the word "You're" in the title.  Good grief.

After all..."then, than, you're, your, their, there, they're" ....if you're old enough to write a book, you're old enough to know the difference.
63946
It definitely wasn't what I was expecting.  It was a pleasant surprise.  The story is short but creative.  The pictures are actually "pictures" of dinosaurs sewn on felt.  My daughter and her son used this book as a pattern to make their own dinosaurs out of felt.  My ONLY issue with this book is that it refers to dinosaurs existing millions of years ago.  The only way that can be true is if the Bible is false.  My daughter scratched out millions and penned it thousands!  Otherwise, it's a great book!
4901732
My son really enjoyed this book! He's a huge dinosaur buff so we had a lot of fun reading it together. I also really like that it promotes healthy eating. There are not enough books out there about eating your vegetables! I would definitely recommend this book to any parent.
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Our two-year-old loves everything dinosaurs and he loves this book. He gets a little rambunctious at times and having a book around like this can help settle him down. He loves learning little tidbits about dinosaurs that he can share with his friends at school. As for me, I enjoy learning how to pronounce each dinosaur's name. I find the pronounciation guide in the back more helpful than most. It can be difficult sounding out some of these names even as an educated adult. I do wish they had the pronounciations inlined on each page so we wouldn't have to flip back and forth though. Also, I don't know if there is a hard cover version with thicker pages. Might be worth investing in over the paper copy if available.
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I like everything about this book it's very sturdy, I gave it to my dinosaur aficionado for his birthday he's turning nine he was so happy and the pop ups really got him so I don't think there is an age limit for this book I'm loving it as well, highly recommend it!!!
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This is a good first book for beginning readers.  I just so happens that my 5 year old grandson wrote this.  He loves his dinosaurs.  I am proud of you Hunter,  Much love, Nonna
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You could say that I'm not too interested in dinosaurs because I AM one!  When I was a child, I remember hearing and reading almost nothing about dinosaurs.  They just weren't stylish then.  I was so impressed when my much younger siblings were taught about them in school.  It seemed so exotic. Of course, prehistoric creatures are mother's milk to today's children.  Me, I prefer critters with fur.

However, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.  I especially liked the explanations of how scientists are piecing together information on the lives of creatures that ceased to exist long before we were around to observe them.  I think it puts the concept of scientific research within the grasp of a young reader.  I also appreciate that non-metric measurements were given in the text.  Perhaps you young whipper-snappers can get a mental picture of how big 15 meters is, but I need it in feet.

I was struck by the fact that dinosaurs may have ruled the earth, but they weren't alone.  The Tylosaurus was a sea-dwelling dinosaur who ate fish and sea turtles.  And the Peteinosaurus was a smallish (by dinosaur standards) flyer who ate mostly insects that got trapped in its wings!  The fish, sea turtles, and insects got the last laugh since they're still around and the "terrible lizards" are long gone.  I think most kids would love this book.