If Dogs Were Dinosaurs by David M. Schwartz and illustrated by James Warhola looks like a book for preschool dinosaur lovers, but it is acutally a book for elementary-age children that demonstrates the math concept of relative size. The silly concepts combine wonderfully with the vivid illustrations, bringing humor and fun to math. Children will enjoy the book and it easily extrapolates into them coming up with their own relative size humor. Recommend this one to elementary math teachers to get it into the right hands.

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen with illustrations by Mark Teague is another success in Yolen’s How Do Dinosaurs picture book series. The books combine huge realistic dinosaurs with vintage feel homes and families. The dinosaurs first show kids how not to act at the table and then demonstrate how to be polite diners. I have used the previous books in storytimes and they work very well. Just be prepared to find the long dinosaur names on each page and pronounce them for the group. This one will be great in a food-related storytime.