FICTION

Dino-Football

by Lisa WHEELER
illus. by Barry Gott. 32p. CIP. Carolrhoda. Sept. 2012. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-0-7613-6394-1; ebook $12.95. ISBN 978-1-58013-995-3. LC 2011044346.
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PreS-Gr 2—It's Mega Bowl Sunday in the Lava Dome, and a crowd of excited dinosaurs are watching the Greenblade Snackers play against the Redscales. The rhyming running commentary contains the terminology and all the play-by-play excitement of a televised game. "Kentro gets the takeaway!/This Snacker rookie saved the day." After the "Dino Halftime Show," the score is close, but the last play allows small, young Mussaurus to score the winning touchdown. Gott's illustrations of the tackles are more humorous than brutal, and he draws examples of good sportsmanship on and off the field. A detailed scoreboard and color-coded naming system in the text (the dinos' names are in green or red depending on their team) make this game easy to follow.—Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, AB, Canada
On Mega Bowl Sunday, the plant-eating Greenblade Snackers and the carnivorous Redscales face off at the fan-thronged Lava Dome. Young football enthusiasts will recognize game lingo crammed into the sometimes choppy rhyming couplets. Dino names called out in red or green font help readers keep the players straight. The busy, boisterous illustrations are well suited to the frenetically paced text.
Reviewed by Tanya Boudreau , Aug 01, 2012

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