From: HarperTrophy Publisher: HarperTrophy Average Rating: Binding: Library Binding Label: HarperTrophy Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 64 Publication Date: September 25, 1992 Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Release Date: September 25, 1992
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Product Description: Danny goes to the museum where his wish comes true - a friendly dinosaur comes to life and spends the day playing with him. As the dinosaur says, after one hundred million years, it's good to play outside! The two have a monstrously good time eating ice cream, going to a ball game, and playing hide-and-seek with Danny's friends. When the day comes to an end, the dinosaur must return to the museum, even though Danny wants to keep him as a pet. After all, the museum needs him, and, Danny realizes, the dinosaur probably wouldn't fit in his house! \n
Meh It's not as charming as all that, and definitely written in a different era - no non-white characters, zoo animals in cages, that sort of thing. There's nothing wrong with that - no sense judging it on our mores - but as it's not overly interesting either I can't sensibly give it more than three stars.
Every young boy wants to be Danny The title sums up the storyline: a day in the life of Danny, a boy, and his friend, the dinosaur. What happens next is make believe and magic and absolutely riveting to my young boys.
My sons' bookshelf holds roughly 80-100 books and Syd Hoff has three titles in our collection -- Oliver, Danny and the Dinosaur and Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur.
My 2-year-old niece's current favorite book My two-year-old niece insists that her mother and grandmother read this book to her several times a day. When I went to visit, I saw this book and immediately remembered enjoying it as a kid. Our neighbor read it to me to comfort me one day when I was upset because my dad had locked his keys in his car, we were locked out of the house, and I was upset because I had stepped in a puddle and my pants were wet to the knee. (I think I must have been 5 or 6 at the time) Mom tells me the neighbor read me this book while we waited for her to come home with her keys and let us back in the house, and it calmed me down.
barney and the dinasaur I bought this for a first grader that I mentor and she has enjoyed it so much, in fact she has read it at least six times
Danny & The Dinosaur This is another terrific book by Syd Hoff that brings back childhood memories. I loved it then and I still love it now. My kids enjoy reading this book over and over again. It is filled with colorful pictures and the story line is so cute and fun. Another great book by Syd Hoff.
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