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With simple verse and her well-known sweet and brightly colored cartoon illustrations, Sandra Boynton ushers kids along the process of getting ready for bed, from tooth brushing to PJ-ing to, yes, finally, snoring, in this delightfully gentle and decidedly Boynton-y take on the classic bedtime story. Recommended By Matt K. , Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
"Honk SHOOOOOO! Honk SHOOOOOO! . . ."
The snoring goes on, on and on through the night. They never stop snoring till the first morning light.
Ah, all those dinosaurs look so cute in their pajamas. See them yawn and stretch and brush their teeth. Soon they'll be sound asleep, and . . . OH NO! SNORING!!!
Little kids love big dinosaurs. They also love the sublime silliness of Sandra Boynton books. So what better way to wind down at the end of the day than with DINOSNORES, a rhyming and rhythmic ritual of getting ready for bed — featuring a pile of loudly snoozing dinos.
About the Author
Sandra Boynton is a beloved American cartoonist, children's author, songwriter, and highly sporadic short film director. Boynton has written and illustrated sixty children's books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times bestsellers. More than 70 million of her books have been sold — "mostly to friends and family," she says.
Boynton has also written and produced six albums of unconventional children's music; three of her albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold), and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has gone Platinum (over one million copies sold). Boynton has also written and directed eleven short musical films and two animated shorts, including "Tyrannosaurus Funk," sung by Samuel L. Jackson, which won the 2018 Grand Prize for Best Children's Animation Short from the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
In 2008, Boynton received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Cartoonists Society. Boynton has four perfect children and an equally perfect granddaughter. Her Connecticut studio is in a converted barn that has perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.
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