Dinosaur Dinosaur by Kevin Lewis, illustrated by Dan Kirk. 

This is the great author, illustrator team that created My Truck Is Stuck!  Here the reader meets a little boy dinosaur who is filled with spunk and action.  From the minute he gets up he is roaring and stomping.  The book follows him through his day from breakfast to bedtime.  Kids will see their own lives reflected right back at them but with dinosaur characters that they will love.  Lewis’ rhymes add fun to the reading and Kirk’s illustrations are as bright and bold as ever.  This one is a winner to share with young dinosaur lovers. 

The Night Pirates by Peter Harris, illustrated by Deborah Allwright.

The night pirates is a refreshing take on pirate stories where a little boy is in bed and seeing strange shadows.  The shadows are actually “tough little girl pirates” who take the little boy on their sailing house to an island where the rough adult pirates guard their treasure chest.  The approaching house and the yelling children scare the pirates away and the children sail off in a golden house filled with treasure.  The little twist at the end is lovely as is the slow change from an adventure story to a bedtime story.  Share this one with pirate girls and boys.