Official Review: Dynomike: Pay It Forward

Please use this sub-forum to discuss both middle-grade and younger children's books, including picture books, easy readers, and children's chapter books. Topics for books aimed at children 12 and under go in this forum.
User avatar
Jennifer Donovan Smith
Minimum Wage Millionaire Reader
Posts: 424
Joined: 11 Oct 2019, 16:05
Favorite Author: Juliet Marillier
Currently Reading: Foul Days
Bookshelf Size: 496
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-jennifer-donovan-smith.html
Latest Review: The Lines Between Us by Rebecca D'Harlingue
Reading Device: B07VMB5L3C
fav_author_id: 17456

Re: Official Review: Dynomike: Pay It Forward

Post by Jennifer Donovan Smith »

Paying it forward is a good concept to teach to children when they are young. Children tend to be naturally generous, so I imagine this book will inspire its young readers.
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
-Emily Dickinson
User avatar
TheTrueNyree
Posts: 542
Joined: 26 Jun 2018, 13:31
Currently Reading: McDowell
Bookshelf Size: 77
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-thetruenyree.html
Latest Review: The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci by Belle Ami

Post by TheTrueNyree »

I definitely love the message. I try to pay it forward in life myself. The lesson of helping others seems to be lost these days so I definitely approve that lesson. Congratulations on BOTD. I will read this one to my son.
User avatar
navyapindi
Posts: 382
Joined: 29 Mar 2019, 23:20
Currently Reading: Insurgent
Bookshelf Size: 234

Post by navyapindi »

This seems to be a great children's book. I like books in this Dynomike series as they are very creative. Congrats on BOTD!
User avatar
vermontelf
Posts: 221
Joined: 08 Jan 2014, 17:05
Currently Reading: The faerie wand
Bookshelf Size: 83
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-vermontelf.html
Latest Review: The Follower by L. Hillis

Post by vermontelf »

I agree with much of this review and I really enjoyed this sweet book about teaching kindness “just to be kind”. Paying it forward and being surprised when it comes back is a sweet lesson.

However, I disagree with the reviewer that made-up words shouldn’t be in children’s literature. It is a great teaching moment as the book is read or discussed together. And remember all words are “made-up” until they become common. Children learn to be creative, in part, through hearing creative language and risk taking language.
User avatar
Chrystal Oaks
Posts: 1706
Joined: 09 Jan 2019, 15:27
Favorite Book: The Favor
Currently Reading: The Fourth Kinetic
Bookshelf Size: 1334
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-chrystal-oaks.html
Latest Review: E M P Honeymoon by Dorothy May Mercer

Post by Chrystal Oaks »

This is a fantastic book. The lesson of repaying kindness by paying it forward is vitally important. Great review!
We do not simply live in this universe. The universe lives within us.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson
User avatar
Ekta Kumari
Book of the Month Participant
Posts: 1059
Joined: 02 Jul 2018, 02:54
Favorite Book: Rebecca
Currently Reading: Host
Bookshelf Size: 85
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-ekta-kumari.html
Latest Review: Humanity Must Survive the 21st Century by Theodore Vornicu
Reading Device: B00I15SB16

Post by Ekta Kumari »

The children's book has a really nice theme of helping others without expecting anything in return. This is a lesson worth learning early on in the childhood. I believe the use of rhyming sentences and simple words would be good to get the message across to young kids. Thank you for the detailed review.
"Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare."

-Guy de Maupassant
User avatar
wyse21
Posts: 7
Joined: 07 Aug 2019, 12:34
Currently Reading: Santa Fe Legacy
Bookshelf Size: 13
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-wyse21.html
Latest Review: Korian by Giorgio Garofalo

Post by wyse21 »

As I wrote on Twitter yesterday, what I liked the most of Dinomike was its way to teach children on how to make good to others withoutt expecting something in return. I reccomended It yo my family and several friends.
User avatar
Echo Haapala
Posts: 229
Joined: 26 Mar 2018, 20:34
Currently Reading:
Bookshelf Size: 59
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-echo-haapala.html
Latest Review: Poseidon's Eye by Trisha O'Keefe

Post by Echo Haapala »

Great review! I really liked the detail you put in about the setup and the rhyming.
User avatar
Surabhi Rani
In It Together VIP
Posts: 2297
Joined: 11 Feb 2017, 22:23
Currently Reading: High Clowder Cats
Bookshelf Size: 2273
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-surabhi-rani.html
Latest Review: Soul-Fullness by Tosin King James
Reading Device: B00JG8GOWU

Post by Surabhi Rani »

Official Review: Dynomike: Pay It Forward by Frankie B. Rabbit is an honest one! It is a useful analysis of the story of the book! It points out towards the minute details of the story! Learning the strong and weak points of the story we can well imagine the improved version of it!
Niv123
Posts: 612
Joined: 09 Mar 2019, 07:43
Favorite Book: The Barnyard Buddies Meet a Newcomer
Currently Reading: Ironbark Hill
Bookshelf Size: 55
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-nivi-gideon.html
Latest Review: Returning fire by Linda rhoutsong

Post by Niv123 »

The cover art was what interested me in the book at first, and the reviews I read were just as good! Would love to check this one out soon!
User avatar
amandathebibliophile
Posts: 588
Joined: 25 Feb 2018, 20:18
Currently Reading: The Fox
Bookshelf Size: 158
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-amandathebibliophile.html
Latest Review: Short of Love by Martin Knox

Post by amandathebibliophile »

Paying it forward is a great lesson for people of all ages! Thanks for the review.
Shweta Dokwal
Posts: 13
Joined: 08 Jan 2020, 07:43
Currently Reading:
Bookshelf Size: 14
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-shweta-dokwal.html
Latest Review: Mysteries Of the First Instant by Daniel Friedmann

Post by Shweta Dokwal »

This is an amazing concept to be taught to kids these days. Between all the logical teachings and fairy tales we tend to overlook important teachings of kindness and helping others. Great review. I'll make sure to read it to my students.
User avatar
Snowflake
Posts: 695
Joined: 07 Feb 2017, 10:32
Currently Reading: Adrift
Bookshelf Size: 288
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-snowflake.html
Latest Review: Don't Think Twice by Barbara Schoichet

Post by Snowflake »

Thanks for your review. This sounds like a fun book for kids with a great message. I think that I, too, would have liked the cat to have more of a name than “new person”!
peace starts with a smile...
User avatar
Kibet Hillary
Official Reviewer Representative
Posts: 4318
Joined: 26 Jul 2017, 01:48
Currently Reading: Anticipation Day
Bookshelf Size: 3547
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-kibet-hillary.html
Latest Review: Sooner Secrets by Shelley L. Levisay

Post by Kibet Hillary »

The lesson on paying it forward sounds really nice. I am sure children wil enjoy reading this book and gain valuable lessons too. Thanks for the informative review.
“It just hurts too much to admit what is wanted so badly when there’s no guarantee of its availability.”
- Dr. Larry Crabb
User avatar
Theresa Ammons Pinkston
Posts: 102
Joined: 22 Jul 2019, 09:46
Favorite Book: Pay It Forward
Currently Reading: The Day I Had a Bulldozer
Bookshelf Size: 184
Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-theresa-ammons-pinkston.html
Latest Review: Homecoming: The Unari Experiment Book 1 by Brian L. Harad
Reading Device: B00IKPYKWG

Post by Theresa Ammons Pinkston »

I agree that a kid's book shouldn't include slang. But, it wasn't too long ago that "kid" was only used for four legged youngsters.
Post Reply

Return to “Children's Books”