Little Dinos Don't Bite

This is such a sweet and funny book about a big issue for some kids! My son likes that I act out the different things the Dino tries to bite (shoes, chair, toys) and seems to understand the parts about not biting Mom! He keeps asking for this book several times a day.

The most effective book about biting for helping my autistic toddler to understand “we don’t bite”. I do wish that they addressed not biting someone other than his Mom (like friends, myself, etc.) but we just ad lib and make it work. A great resource for any parent trying to help their child stop biting.

We had a chronic biter from the age of 1.5 to 2 years old (teeth pain from new teeth coming in) this book 1000000% helped him to understand what not to bite and how to take his energy somewhere else! We recommend this book all the time.

I bought this for my 20 month old son who is starting to get the big toddler feelings and had started to bite when he got really frustrated. He just absolutely loves this book and wants to read it over and over! Even though biting wasn't a huge issue yet, it really helped to stop the budding behavior. Each page that tells you what not to bite he says "No no!", when my husband asks "Do you bite mama?" he says "NO NO!".... and then every time we get to the last page where the dinos hug, he will turn and give me the BIGGEST hug and that alone makes this mama's favorite book too. I could not recommend this more! We will definitely be trying some of the other Little Dino books too!

This is one of a few Michael Dahl books I previewed on kindle unlimited and then decided to buy. While I agree with another reviewer that "Teeth are not for Biting" by Verdick is a great book for general biting, there are a few things I actually really like about this book and I think gives it considerable value in our present circumstances.For our son, who has Autism and a Sensory Processing Disorder, among other things, his most common target for biting is rarely people. He's only once tried to take a chomp out of the fabulous Miss W, who comes over here and plays with us a few days a week. He's a couple of times tried to take a chomp out of his super cool music therapist, and maybe once every week or two on average he'll try to take a chomp on me. And the occasional attempt towards a person is really an emergence we're seeing after a dental procedure, albeit one we don't want to see become a habit. No, his primary target for all chewing and "biting" if you will is stuff. My cookbooks. His toys. His books. Pencils. Table corners. Foam mats. Actually, if it exists at this point, he's willing to try and stick it in his mouth, including Catzilla's tail. About the only favorable thing I can really say about Catzilla at this point (other then he brings insane amounts of joy to my daughter) is that he definitely seems to recognize that there's something special about our little man, and no matter how many times he tries to chew on his tale, Catzilla never, ever reacts to it. And we all know in this house Catzilla's one to react to things he doesn't like or approve of. Boy do we know that...So this book mentions being careful what you bite, and discourages biting typical toys, chairs, shoes, and mom. I think it's great that it discourages both people and things, with the greater balance being on the "items" because that's mostly what he does try to chew on. Neither type is good, but the chewing on things can actually pose a considerable safety risk. Scissors can never be left out. Nor can glues, chemicals, anything of the sort. He's literal enough we may need a separate story on those types of things, he may not generalize to those, but I think this book is a good enough place to start.My main criticism is that it only gives food substitutes as appropriate for biting, and not teethers, chewy toys, gum, straws, etc. The thing is, I just think food should be eaten only when a person is hungry, but there are many times kiddos have reasons for biting, like teething or sensory issues, that have nothing to do with hunger, And I think part of appropriate management for those behaviors is to recognize that and give them non-food subs. I think encouraging eating when one isn't actually hungry doesn't lead to good habits down the road, like emotional eating, which can become a very slippery slope indeed from the medical perspective. So for me, I combine this with other books, which don't really address that there are some non-people items that aren't ok to chew on, paired with continual replacement of whatever he's trying to chew on with an appropriate item, etc. We've been working on this particular challenge for a while now, so I don't expect this book is going to solve all of our problems, but I think it's a very nice reinforcement story.I would also say typically best for a developmentally normal 18 month to 2 years of age. The sentence structure is very simple, which I like for our son. Who can understand at a higher level then that, but has limited patience for books, especially if they target things he doesn't see the need to work on so it's great to get in there, get the message out quick, and be done with it. We're able to successfully get him through these because of it.

This book is fantastic. Our toddler looked right at it and goes for it herself. It doesn't feel like a chore, just another book she likes.

Go to book in my preschool class with bitersI’m on my second copy haha

If this review had 20 stars I'd choose that ! I had a really big issue with my 2 year old biting so I decided to give this book a try ! Within 2 days of reading this book to him multiple times a day he stopped biting 🙏🏼 I was at my wits end with having to discipline him and had I known this book was the answer for him I would have bought it months ago ! It's super cute and it's still one of the three books he brings to me to ready every day !

My 2-year-old absolutely loves the Little Dinos books! They are fun, engaging, and quickly became some of his favourites. We enjoy them so much that I ended up getting all the versions for him. Definitely a great addition to our little book collection!

We loved the story. The story has very lovely illustrations too.We liked most that it says you should only bite your food!

Positive book that teaches me not to bite.I liked the illustration and the colours.I liked that it’s a short book.

My 21 month old really enjoys the book. We had it for a few months. He used to have a bit of a problem with biting impulse control. This book seems to have worked. He laughs at chewed up shoes, and he loves waving his finger around saying “no” while flipping the pages. The other books from these series didn’t do as well. Perhaps, they are a bit harrier to understand for such a little person. They seem to bring awareness, but he doesn’t enjoy them as much as this one.

Amazing little book! Very brief biting phase with my son halted very quickly after it's introduction :-)