Once upon a time, there were three dinosaurs. A stegosaurus, another stegosaurus and a stegothesaurus! While the first two brothers use simple words like big to describe a mountain, their brother Stegothesaurus uses robust words like gargantuan, gigantic, and Goliath.
The three brothers’ tranquil day comes to a halt when an allosaurus suddenly startles them. Because Stegothesaurus was thinking of rich vocabulary like frightening and formidable to describe their predator, he was unable to escape with his brothers. Stegothesaurus though soon learns that she isn’t an allosaurus, but rather an allothesaurus. But wait, how did she learn all these so many rich and powerful words? Read to find out!
Stegothesaurus is truly a teacher’s dream picture book. T.L. McBeth’s endearing and adorable drawings of the dinosaur brothers warmly show their range of emotions. Not only will students love the story, but also I cannot think of a better way to teach the power of using synonyms in our oral and written language. What I love about Bridget Heos’ creative story is that Stegothesaurus uses multiple synonyms to describe things so teachers can also introduces shades of meaning. Which word is stronger? Gargantuan, gigantic or Goliath?
Special thanks to Christian Trimmer of Henry Holt Books for Young Readers for sending my #bookexcursion group an advance reader’s copy. Stegothesaurus has a release date of June 2018.
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