Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the opportunity to read "The Impatient Dinosaur" in exchange for my honest review.

Ms. Read has crafted an excellent resource for parents, teachers, caregivers - really anyone that is involved with educating children. I also found that there were veins in this story that can resonate with adults as well!

This book is aimed at children in the ages 3 to 5 category or preschoolers. However I feel that even older children can benefit from the message that is in this book. The main topic of the book is our emotions and feelings.

This book shows children a lesson - that we all children and adults alike - have to wait for things. Be that in line at a shop or in traffic - we spend our lives waiting and it's not always fun. How when we are looking forward to something sometimes we are unhappy because waiting is hard for all of us.

Parents and educators through a tool like this book can encourage children to explain and express how they are feeling, why they feel upset and then we can help them channel those feelings into positive actions.

I would also like to point out that the illustrator of this book did a fantastic job creating the characters. The pictures are all colourful, engaging and the Dinosaur is simply adorable. I think children will sit and take notice because children love bright colours and characters that appeal to them like dinosaurs.

I think Ms. Read did an exceptional job writing this book and I absolutely encourage anyone that is involved with children and educating them to use this book as the wonderful tool that it can be to start a conversation with children.

This book did not do what it was trying to. The impatient dino stays impatient, he even gets a surprise birthday for it. Yeah we're supposed to think that he acted patient for a while and was rewarded with the party, but it doesn't come across like this.
There could have been more emphasis on waiting and being patient and him realising that waiting isn't so bad after all.
The design of the book is okayish. It could do better with a different typeface and cover. The font isn't very attractive or pleasing. The art is decent, sometimes good. But the writing sounds off. Even though the book is in rhyme, it loses its flow again and again, lacking the sing song quality that should accompany such a style.

My rating: ★★☆☆☆
My child's rating: (￣。￣)～ｚｚｚ
Overall: ★★☆☆☆

The Impatient Dinosaur stumbles through, what is supposed to be, a lesson in patience. We have read several other books in Sarah Read's series of book on feelings but this one is definitely the least favorite for both my child and I.

As the parent of a 4 1/2 year old, impatience and the difficulty of learning to be patient is one that we spend a lot of time culminating in our house. I did not feel like this story was helpful in teaching children anything at all about patience. Instead the moral of the story appears to be, "scream enough and you will get what you want". Which, for obvious reasons, is not exactly a life lesson I wish to encourage. Danny the dinosaur doesn't really seem to learn anything and his parents don't impart any wisdom or tips on how to help him relax. There is not much substance in this particular book. It was quite clunky to read out loud also. The rhyming scheme was strange and off. I don't generally get twisted up while reading and found myself pausing awkwardly try to get the flow to sound natural. There's also a page where Danny is described as "whining" but is depicted has having an aggressive angry scream. I feel that the publisher may have rushed too fast trying to get these books out, as its the third one from this author published this year. Perhaps a bit more time being rounded out and proofread would've helped making this hit home more. Unfortunately, The Impatient Dinosaur just missed the mark all around for me.

My Impatient 4 1/2 year old sidekick's opinion: "Ohh, Mama, he is naughty. He should be kinder. What I like about the book? I don't know Mama, I don't feel anything about this book. I like the pictures. Maybe his mama should talk to him about his feelings more"

This children's book is about a dinosaur who has no patience and he doesn't understand why he can't have what he wants right away. His parents try to teach him to be more patient and to think about other people's feelings too. My daughter and I enjoyed this book and I think it helped her to understand patience a bit more. The graphics in the book were very realistic and my daughter could understand how the dinosaur felt by looking at the graphics.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I read this with my 4-year-old son who has some temper issues. He loved it! Not only did this book talk about impatience, but the feelings associated with that. The images were vibrant and help ym son's attention. A great book for any young, impatient child.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is an adorable little book, which is so integral and important for children to help with their own personal development at a very young age, whilst also telling a cute tale to go alongside.

Oh dear the difficulties we have being patient and learning to wait our turn or for a special event.
As we get older we learn the social norms and rules for turn taking or driving - The Highway Code.
For children time is compressed and now is the reality for them.

As Veruca Salt said: “I want it now.”

Sarah Read has produced a series of books addressing such issues and hard to pin down emotions. In The Impatient Dinosaur, Danny the little Dino finds situations were frustration gets the better of him as he has to side in line or the queue to do down.

I again liked the simple words and bright engaging illustrations which enhance these stories. It is a good lesson to share and in highlighting special times like birthday surprises our pre-school children can see the benefit of waiting at times.

The railways learned that passengers were most angered by late trains in the not knowing aspect. When the announcer says the train is running late due to a points failure the wait is no less frustrating but can be processed and understood better.

This is a skill children can only learn if we explain events better and show that waiting time can still be worthwhile and filled with positive activities.

These books are not the answer in themselves but can be the means for sharing difficult concepts and turning our conversations with our kids into fun.

This is a really cute and engaging story with a lesson on patience. I like that there is a rhyming structure, though some of the sentences did feel difficult to read. It was a fun and quick read, that captured my three and four year old's attention for the entirety of the story.

So I will say first that illustrations never loaded with this book. The writing style was fun and rhymed, I appreciated that. I liked that they showed that the boy dinosaur was getting impatient and that was what was making him feel angry. However I felt that the parents only pacified that behavior. They didn't address the feeling and try to help him work through it. I would like to see them give examples of how he could have dealt with his feelings instead of throwing toys or surprises at the impatience. Just my feelings.

An important topic for a kids book with the crowd favorite dinosaur as the main character — this book is a good reminder for kiddos to be patient.

This story was really cute and will probably help kids to feel seen when they feel like Danny the Dinosaur did. I didn't see any illustrations however, which I'll notify the publisher of as well.

This was a wonderful book for my impatient little boy! I especially appreciated how the author points out that Danny is a good guy. Too many times we look at certain character traits as if those traits make a child “bad.” As I tell my kids, “you aren’t bad, but sometimes your decisions or behavior is bad.”

Excellent story book, a perfect emergent read that fosters discussion. I tried it out on my Grandson and he loved it. The rest of the day he was telling me how he felt just the like dino character. Perfect Christmas present for sure!

I cannot recommend this book because of its many flaws. See my GoodReads review here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3601586176

Another fantastic Sarah Read book! Myself and my children really enjoy this bright, colourful phonics based book! We enjoyed looking at the beautiful pictures as well as laughing and comparing the dinosaurs impatience to the children’s impatience. The kids loved how they could relate to the dinosaur but also understood the message put across that some things are worth waiting for.

I got this on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!
This is a pretty nice picture-book! I like how it highlighted being patient because it can benefit yourself AND others around you. Really liked the example of the surprise party at the end!

This book is about an impatient dinosaur learning patience. The story started out really good but the ending fell flat to me. I do think this is a book my young daughters would enjoy but more could have been added to the end to help teach the lesson better.

This book was given to me an an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in an exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated in any way.

This book had cute pictures and a good message for kids. I enjoyed the way the author described the emotions being felt and ways to cope with those emotions. This would be a good book to use for story time.

This was an adorable story about a Dino that wants what he wants when he wants it, like most little ones do. Mom and Dad do a great job trying to teach him to be patient in some everyday situations that all parents and littles experience.
He is learning, but can he hold out as they tease with information about his “big” day? It was sweet to see how he tried to truly understand why he needed to be patient.
I give this book 4 out 5 stars.

My son absolutely loves dinosaurs and this book was a perfect read for when he was being just a bit impatient. It lets him see himself but as a dinosaur and how his reactions may not be the best. While he enjoyed the book the message may have gotten a little lost in translation. But if we keep reading and discussing this it may help with giving him a bit more patience.