Wee Reads: It's Show and Tell Dexter! By Lindsay Ward

Ever since Finn was born, and even before then, we would read to him. We wanted to show him reading from an early age. Now he loves us to read the same books, over, and over, and over. But it is the sweetest thing, when he likes to pick out a book and climb into our laps. 

It's Show and Tell Dexter by Lindsay Ward

  

Dexter T. Rexter is going to school. But will anyone like him?
Tomorrow is the biggest event ever in Dexter’s life: his best friend, Jack, is taking him to school for Show and Tell Day! Dexter has been getting ready for weeks. But now he’s a little nervous. What if the other kids don’t like him? So Dexter decides to come up with a plan. He’ll wear a costume. Dinosaurs in bunny ears look good, right? He’ll recite state capitals starting with…uh…ah…er. Then he realizes something. He can’t dance. He can’t recite things. He doesn’t have ANY skills. What’s a dino to do?
This comical, interactive tale of belonging, friendship, anticipation, and first-day-at-school jitters lets readers experience the excitement and nervousness along with Dexter—and even offer him a little advice along the way.

Do you like this book?
Yeah! Because I love Dexter Dino. 

What's your favorite part of the book?
When he was a bunny! Because a t-rex can't be a bunny! And I like the song! And when he's an astronaut, it matches my room!

What do you think of the cover?
I like it, I like the t-rex.

Do you want me to read it again?
Yeah! Tomorrow.

The Dexter books are some of our favorites. It's a t-rex, so who can go wrong with that?

It's Show and Tell Dexter is about a toy dinosaur who is scared to go to his boy's show and tell day. He feels like he isn't good enough. So he tries on different costumes, does silly dances, and even tries to act like other animals.

At the end Dexter figures out that all he has to do is be himself and he's good enough. 

I think it's a great book that teaches you to just be yourself. The illustrations are cute and it was really fun to read.

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Lindsay Ward has a BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University. Her most recent books include The Importance of Being 3 (Dial 2016) and Rosco vs. the Baby (S&S, 2016). She is also the author and illustrator of Henry Finds His Word (Dial, 2015), When Blue Met Egg (Dial, 2012), and Please Bring Balloons (Dial, 2013), which will soon be a play produced by the New York City Children’s Theater in 2017. Her work has been reviewed in Kirkus Reviews, Publisher’s Weekly, The Plain Dealer, and the New York Times. Lindsay is currently working on her newest picture books Brobarians and Don’t Forget Dexter (Two Lions, 2017). She lives in Peninsula, Ohio with her family. Visit her online at www.lindsaymward.com.