Dinos Love Donuts Review: A Fun Dinosaur Picture Book Kids Will Love
If you're looking for a fun and engaging picture book for young readers, Dinos Love Donuts by Ben Okon is a delightful surprise. This playful story combines dinosaurs, dancing, and just a touch of silly chaos in a way kids will love.
Perfect for fans of Dragons Love Tacos, this story brings the same playful humor and unexpected twists that make read-aloud time so much fun.
About Dinos Love Donuts
Now available in hardcover (May release).
Dinos Love Donuts By Ben Okon
Published by Younger Media on July 17, 2024
Genres: Children's Picture Book
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 39
ARE YOU READY FOR A PREHISTORIC TREAT?
If you laughed your tricera-tops off at the New York Times' best selling Dragons Love Tacos, you'll be jelly-rolling on the floor laughing with Dinos Love Donuts!
Dinos Love Donuts topped the charts as the #1 bestselling Dinosaur book for a reason: Readers said: "If Dragons Love Tacos was written by Dr. Seuss" and “THIS is the book that saved our bedtime routine. Goodnight Moon begone, my kids BEG to go to bed so they can read this!”
Dinos may love donuts, but not as much as your kids will DEVOUR this HILARIOUS book again and again! Here's what's inside:
✓ Magical rhythmic rhymes will have you reading like Lin Manuel Miranda (music creator for Disney’s Encanto and Moana) in no time
✓ A fantastic bedtime bribe – kids will want to read it again and again
✓ Sparks a love of reading in even the most hesitant children!
✓ Silly and colorful art will make you smile and laugh on every page
✓ Great for adults too! A perfect ~3-5 minute read time and subtle grown-up humor built in!
✓ A surprise, twist ending that will make you snicker every time!
✓ Range of vocabulary to help both younger and older readers expand their language skills
✓ Puns galore!
✓ A clever nod to fables and nursery rhymes in its style, but with a fully modern twistJust like the Dinos, who knows when you'll run out of time?
CRASH INTO that "see more" button and get the laughter started today!
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My Thoughts
Dinos Love Donuts by Ben Okon is a delightful children's story about a group of dinosaurs who discover their love for donuts and dancing. The dinos embark on a whimsical adventure, joyfully dancing around-some even balancing donuts on their horns.
When the object of their greatest fear suddenly appears-a giant rock rolling down the hill-panic sets in. But when it crashes, the dinosaurs are covered in... jelly? It turns out the "rock" is nothing more than a giant jelly-filled donut. A funny and gentle reminder that things aren't always as scary as they seem.
With colorful illustrations by Komal Sharma and playful rhymes throughout, this book is an engaging read for young children. It celebrates friendship, creativity, and the joy of facing fears with a little imagination and humor.
This is a great pick for families who enjoy humorous dinosaur books or read-aloud stories for early elementary readers.
This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.
Closing Thoughts
This is one of those joyful little reads that reminds us how powerful a simple story can be. With its playful humor, bright illustrations, and gentle message about facing fears, Dinos Love Donuts is a book that invites both laughter and reassurance.
If you're building a cozy home library for young readers-or simply looking for a fun read-aloud to share-this one is well worth adding to your shelf.
More Books Kids Will Love
If your young reader enjoyed the playful humor and gentle message in Dinos Love Donuts, these books offer a similar mix of fun, imagination, and heart:
- The Grateful Green Dinosaur by Larissa Pemberton - gratitude & kindness
- Boss Bandit by Tom Smith - playful humor
- Alfie's Adventures: Hyacinth Macaw - animal adventure
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About Ben Okon
A different kind of author for a different kind of children's book.
Ben Okon is a children's book author who never outgrew his childhood habit of asking “why?” and “how?” Now that he's a father of two and has to be the one giving the answers, he loves challenging himself to think through the things he wishes he had known earlier in life from the perspective of a child.
But he's not just an author, and he brings a unique analytical method to the design of his children's books. In his other life, Ben is a business leader who has developed people, product, and corporate strategies with companies like Google, Bain & Co., and Starwood Hotels. He crafts and tests each of his books using the same rigor that he employs when making decisions for some of the world's most influential leaders.
He is a regular contributor to schools and educational nonprofits, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.
Championing indie authors & stories worth discovering,
Gina Rae Mitchell
GinaRaeMitchell.com
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