By Melody Palmer, Youth Librarian, South Broken Arrow Library
How do you deal with a shy child? Does your child know how to behave around a shy child? If not, Crunch, who is a shy dinosaur, is happy to let children practice social skills on him.
"Crunch the Shy Dinosaur" is an engaging book that demonstrates many appropriate behaviors, ranging from conversational distance to volume, in a charming manner. Crunch also shows children ways to be kind to others by doing special things for friends. The text offers many opportunities for adult and child interaction while reading aloud and is perfect for a classroom as well as for bedtime reading.
The playful and expressive illustrations are by Greg Pizzoli, who has written and illustrated several other children's books. The reader can tell the dinosaur is friendly as well as shy from the facial expressions. If you seek a fun and versatile book, look no further than "Crunch the Shy Dinosaur" by Cirocco Dunlap.