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Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!: A Book of Opposites
Some outside and some indoors—OH MY OH MY OH DINOSAURS!
Sunbathing dinosaurs and artistic dinosaurs, dancing dinosaurs and volleyball-playing dinosaurs make learning opposites fun! From Boynton on Board, the bestselling series of extra-big, extra-fat, extra-appealing board books, Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! features the inimitable Sandra Boyntonís colorful, humorous drawings and lively text.
Dinosaurs EARLY.
Dinosaurs LATER.
Dinosaurs crammed in an elevator.
Dinosaurs PLUMP.
Dinosaurs LEAN.
Dinosaurs RED, BLUE, YELLOW, and GREEN.
Sunbathing dinosaurs and artistic dinosaurs, dancing dinosaurs and volleyball-playing dinosaurs make learning opposites fun! From Boynton on Board, the bestselling series of extra-big, extra-fat, extra-appealing board books, Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! features the inimitable Sandra Boyntonís colorful, humorous drawings and lively text.
Dinosaurs EARLY.
Dinosaurs LATER.
Dinosaurs crammed in an elevator.
Dinosaurs PLUMP.
Dinosaurs LEAN.
Dinosaurs RED, BLUE, YELLOW, and GREEN.
24 pages, Board book
First published October 1, 1993
About the author
Sandra Boynton
168 books1,154 followersSandra Keith Boynton is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated over eighty-five books for children and seven general audience books, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and seven music albums. She has also designed calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys for various companies.
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March 25, 2017
One of Neo's all-time favourite books is by Sandra Boynton. He loves board books by this author and wants to read them all. When we saw this, we had to get it. All sorts of dinos doing many fun things. Neo was impressed!!
December 19, 2023
I didn’t think it was very nice to say “Dinosaurs cute; dinosaurs not.” Personally, I found this to promote negative body image, and I, for one, thought all the dinosaurs were very cute.
February 27, 2018
Dinosaurs are a lot of fun and when you get to read about them with kids, the joy increases leaps and bounds. Sandra Boynton's illustrations are indeed charming.
October 6, 2015
What a delight to have my great niece and nephews (ages 3-8) read this to me. I love Boynton! This is a fun walk through opposites(good/bad, large/small, happy/sad, etc.) illustrated with dinosaurs.
January 31, 2017
A worthy children's book that is fun and engaging and would be easy for a little one to sink their teeth into.
August 23, 2020
Marg (4 yo.) loves the page with the tiny dinosaurs, she always points out how cute the tiny dinosaurs are. This is a book Jilly and Em (18 mo.) never get sick of no matter how many times we read it.
February 25, 2026
This one gets to go on my Goodreads because before I was a parent, I read it to my nieces and nephews. And now as a mother of seven I have read this one who knows how many times?! Today alone, I’ve read it to my toddler at least a dozen times 😄
May 20, 2022
Another fun Boynton board book, this time about dinosaurs and opposites or antonyms. It's a little odd that it begins and ends with sadness though.
June 10, 2024
Every once in a while, adulting sucks so hard that only Sandra Boynton will do! Never disappointed!!
December 14, 2016
There is no such thing as a bad or ugly dinosaur.
August 12, 2022
The concept of this book is interesting. It is about a bunch of anthropomorphic dinosaurs who participate in a wide variety of human activities in order to teach young readers the concept of opposites. In doing so, it completely disregards facts from esteemed paleontologists. Take this passage from the book. ‘Dinosaurs big, and dinosaurs tiny. Dinosaurs smooth, and dinosaurs spiny.’ To my knowledge dinosaurs were not smooth, they were feathered. And dinosaurs were not spiny either. The exception to this rule is of course, the Spinosaurus. Boynton used a Triceratops for the ‘Dinosaurs big’ portion. Sure, Triceratops was large, but the long-neck sauropods were under represented in this book and would have fit the bill much better. Another issue I have is ‘Dinosaurs singing a dinosaur song.’ There is some sheet music written out that the dinosaurs are presumably singing. As much as I try to sing the song, the presented music does not sound like something I would like to listen to. Furthermore, there are also various instances of Dinos from the Cretaceous period intermingling with Jurassic era dinosaurs, which is just plain wrong. Sure, this book has some great art, but is it sending our children the right messages?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 8, 2018
Granddaughter loves this book. Interesting word choices: plump, spiny.
August 13, 2023
Don’t love the “ugly” dinosaurs
December 19, 2023
Fantastic rhythm, cute dragons, my little guy will ask for this multiple times in a row.
December 20, 2023
I love this book. It is funny, and great for kids, but I also appreciate the artwork.
April 1, 2023
Cute, quick opposite book.
December 30, 2020
Blame it on Brene Brown, but I take issue with "dinosaurs good" and "dinosaurs bad." I inserted the word "acting" good and bad. Also what's up with "dinosaurs cute" and "dinosaurs not"? The lumpy ones are way cuter than those cheerleader dinosaurs.
My least favorite of this author's, which are generally quite cute.
My least favorite of this author's, which are generally quite cute.
March 24, 2017
It's a fine book, cute, funny. We'd sort of outgrown this type of board books though, by the time it came our way. But this was among the first books my son read through all by himself, which makes it more memorable for us. (He read it out loud to me in the car, while I was driving.)
April 16, 2008
Everyone likes dinosaurs.
August 21, 2008
Sandra Boynton is a family favorite.
July 18, 2017
I have this one memorized no problem. However I'm frequently distracted by pointing out which of the other Boynton books I have from the back cover. It's kind of like having two books in one.
February 7, 2017
I am a serious Sandra Boynton fan, always and forever, and this cute book lives up to the rest.
July 12, 2022
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!: A Book of Opposites Sandra Boynton
Sandra Boynton’s "Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!" is an opposites book, and I own the board book version. It is very well-worn because one of my children loved it as much as the Boy loved The Velveteen Rabbit. The book must have been a gift because I don’t remember purchasing a brief rhyme book filled with silly-looking dinosaurs. I certainly never expected it to be one this child would be able to recite before learning to read. (Neither of my kids cared much for dinosaurs.)
But who can resist “Dinosaurs BIG and dinosaurs TINY,” followed by “Dinosaurs SMOOTH and dinosaurs SPINY” (written in a spiny font). When Dinosaurs COLD is contrasted with Dinosaurs HOT, the pink dinosaur with teal sunglasses flexes his muscles.
Do they look like real dinosaurs? Sorta. Some have horns, and some have spikes. Quite a few are a cute shade of purple. But this book is not meant to teach anything beyond opposites like “early” and “later,” which rhymes surprisingly well with “elevator.”
The midpoint of this book reads, “Dinosaurs singing a dinosaur song!” Six dinosaurs hold music and open their mouths wide to sing. Boynton has included musical notes, along with harmony for this brief tune, notes which I plunked out on my piano. This musical gem is from the same woman who composed Grunt: Pigorian Chant, which she has described as “plainchant and polyphony written in Latin and Pig Latin.” Her Philadelphia Chickens album went platinum.
Boynton has written more silly songs in a variety of styles, from blues to country to ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll. They’ve been recorded by B.B. King (“One Shoe Blues”), Kate Winslet (“I Need a Nap”), and Samuel L. Jackson (“Tyrannosaurus Funk.”) Friends, I found an entire Spotify playlist.
Not every book needs to be serious. Not every story needs to stir deep emotions and lead to late-night conversations over hot cocoa. It’s possible to simply enjoy something goofy by the creator of the birthday card that has sold over 10 million copies, “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes.”
Boynton has also sold more than 70 million books. Many, many a bookshelf has a well-worn, well-loved Sandra Boynton book, one that taught a child to read before they could actually handle phonics.
For a long time I’ve known I’m a sucker for silly dinosaur books, like Tea Rex and Brontorina, and I think that traces back to this book. It’s just one cardboard-backed example of the things I’ve gotten into because of my kids.
Sandra Boynton’s "Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!" is an opposites book, and I own the board book version. It is very well-worn because one of my children loved it as much as the Boy loved The Velveteen Rabbit. The book must have been a gift because I don’t remember purchasing a brief rhyme book filled with silly-looking dinosaurs. I certainly never expected it to be one this child would be able to recite before learning to read. (Neither of my kids cared much for dinosaurs.)
But who can resist “Dinosaurs BIG and dinosaurs TINY,” followed by “Dinosaurs SMOOTH and dinosaurs SPINY” (written in a spiny font). When Dinosaurs COLD is contrasted with Dinosaurs HOT, the pink dinosaur with teal sunglasses flexes his muscles.
Do they look like real dinosaurs? Sorta. Some have horns, and some have spikes. Quite a few are a cute shade of purple. But this book is not meant to teach anything beyond opposites like “early” and “later,” which rhymes surprisingly well with “elevator.”
The midpoint of this book reads, “Dinosaurs singing a dinosaur song!” Six dinosaurs hold music and open their mouths wide to sing. Boynton has included musical notes, along with harmony for this brief tune, notes which I plunked out on my piano. This musical gem is from the same woman who composed Grunt: Pigorian Chant, which she has described as “plainchant and polyphony written in Latin and Pig Latin.” Her Philadelphia Chickens album went platinum.
Boynton has written more silly songs in a variety of styles, from blues to country to ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll. They’ve been recorded by B.B. King (“One Shoe Blues”), Kate Winslet (“I Need a Nap”), and Samuel L. Jackson (“Tyrannosaurus Funk.”) Friends, I found an entire Spotify playlist.
Not every book needs to be serious. Not every story needs to stir deep emotions and lead to late-night conversations over hot cocoa. It’s possible to simply enjoy something goofy by the creator of the birthday card that has sold over 10 million copies, “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes.”
Boynton has also sold more than 70 million books. Many, many a bookshelf has a well-worn, well-loved Sandra Boynton book, one that taught a child to read before they could actually handle phonics.
For a long time I’ve known I’m a sucker for silly dinosaur books, like Tea Rex and Brontorina, and I think that traces back to this book. It’s just one cardboard-backed example of the things I’ve gotten into because of my kids.
March 11, 2018
Copyright- 1993
Number of Pages-20
Book format-hardcover, board book
Reading Level-0-3, GR Level- N/A
Genre- Fiction
Lit. Requirement-baby book 1
This was a fun book for small children. It was about opposites, using dinosaurs. Sandra Boynton does a great job of making the illustrations whimsical and fun. The book goes through many opposites such as, "Dinosaurs HAPPY. Dinosaurs SAD" and ends with "Dinosaurs looking right at YOU to say GOODBYE because we're through." It was interactive in the end in a way, with the dinosaurs saying goodbye to the reader and waving. I thought this was a fun book and I would read this to a toddler or smaller child. It was teaching opposites in a fun way and I enjoyed it.
Number of Pages-20
Book format-hardcover, board book
Reading Level-0-3, GR Level- N/A
Genre- Fiction
Lit. Requirement-baby book 1
This was a fun book for small children. It was about opposites, using dinosaurs. Sandra Boynton does a great job of making the illustrations whimsical and fun. The book goes through many opposites such as, "Dinosaurs HAPPY. Dinosaurs SAD" and ends with "Dinosaurs looking right at YOU to say GOODBYE because we're through." It was interactive in the end in a way, with the dinosaurs saying goodbye to the reader and waving. I thought this was a fun book and I would read this to a toddler or smaller child. It was teaching opposites in a fun way and I enjoyed it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 14, 2017
This quick read would be enjoyable for young students beginning to analyze concepts like, opposites, and how things are alike and different. The book skims through different ways to compare dinosaurs. The pictures are well drawn, showing action relating to the text. The text is largely printed and repetitive to help with letter identification. The only thing I would change about this charming little book is the illustration of the dinosaurs. I believe student may have a hard time connecting to the text because the characters are more cartoonish figures rather than dinosaurs.
April 23, 2018
Morgan's Review (7yo)- I liked this book. It was very cool and fun. That's why I'm giving it 5 stars.
Aunt Robbin's Review- Morgan liked this book so much that after we finished it, she immediately picked it back up and read it aloud again. This book was so fun to read. It was really a book about opposites involving dinosaurs. For example, "Dinosaurs happy, and dinosaurs sad." Morgan loved recognizing the opposites that she had already learned about and had fun learning some new ones. This was a very cute book and I would definitely recommend it for k-2.
Aunt Robbin's Review- Morgan liked this book so much that after we finished it, she immediately picked it back up and read it aloud again. This book was so fun to read. It was really a book about opposites involving dinosaurs. For example, "Dinosaurs happy, and dinosaurs sad." Morgan loved recognizing the opposites that she had already learned about and had fun learning some new ones. This was a very cute book and I would definitely recommend it for k-2.
May 13, 2024
Jack borrowed this book from the Ashland Public Library.
I'm trying to get him out of his new book slump (aka, only reading the same two Little Blue Trucks over and over). He loves Sandra Boynton books and dinosaurs (e.g. Dinosaur Dance), so I thought this one would be a hit. Not overly. He listened while I read and smiled a bit, but then he went off to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by himself.
The book is cute, though. It has some creative opposites that you don't normally see.
I'm trying to get him out of his new book slump (aka, only reading the same two Little Blue Trucks over and over). He loves Sandra Boynton books and dinosaurs (e.g. Dinosaur Dance), so I thought this one would be a hit. Not overly. He listened while I read and smiled a bit, but then he went off to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by himself.
The book is cute, though. It has some creative opposites that you don't normally see.
February 7, 2023
Dinosaurs happy, dinosaurs sad, dinosaurs good, and dinosaurs bad, Sandra Boynton presents young readers with a wide variety of different dinosaurs with all kinds of characteristics or doing things differently. Using rhyming text and her well-known line drawings, Boynton entertains her young audience with song and dance and lots of opposites. I have to say that my favorite drawing is the one of the dinosaurs crammed in an elevator looking uncomfortably wide-eyed. I marvel at Boynton's ability to create so many emotions on the faces of her dinosaurs with just a few lines in the write place. Another fun title that engages young readers in the joyful experience of learning to read.
August 30, 2018
This themed board book could be wonderful in a class! Science this week could be dinosaur themed and we could connect our science to our reading time! I love that a child doesn't have to be careful with this and can still laugh along to the illustrations.
July 26, 2019
Such a cute book with opposites and rhymes. I like that the book made sense to me as the Mom and that my daughter loved the pictures. No idea why but the “spiny” dinosaurs are so cute and they make my daughter giggle every time she sees them
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