Kids will plunge into the whomping and chomping with glee, and they’ll understand a hero who means to be careful, but who ends up stomping all over things anyway. Eventually he gets sleepy and burrows into the leaves for a long nap when he wakes up it is spring and there are brand-new leaves everywhere Cute illustrations and a childlike main character offer the perfect way to talk to children about the wonder of the changing seasons.

Dinah’s swampy world features a sulfurous yellow sky and pint-size volcanoes that explode quietly in the distance. Stein (Ol’ Mama Squirrel) draws Dinah with a simple, cookie-cutter outline, but her stricken expressions and forthright pursuit of love are plenty complex. Leaves by David Ezra Stein: 9780399246364 : Books Its a young bears first autumn, and the falling leaves surprise him. “What’s kiss?” the other dinosaur asks, and the two explore affection-rather violently. “Not good.” Only when another baby dinosaur appears does Dinah find a playmate whose life she won’t endanger. Her first victim gets a bite on the rear, the next one is flattened by her big dinosaur stompers, and the third gets. When two tiny creatures kiss each other at Dinah’s feet, Dinah wants to try, too.

Creators Emilie Lebech Kaae (storyline) Adam Price Stars David Stakston Jonas. She has stubby legs, an eager smile, and a matchless set of jaws. Penguin/Paulsen, 16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3786-3 Stein returns to the ursine protagonist and forest setting of his picture book Leaves. Four-leaf clover Luck, clover, leaf, symmetry, flower png 552x597px 15. Chomp! Stomp! Whomp! Dinah is a wide-eyed, speckled baby dinosaur who wants to try everything, but finesse is not her strong point.