shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com June 20, 2017 • Page 9 The Bookworm ... For Kids ‘Dad And The Dinosaur’ Roars With Scary Fun “Dad and the Dinosaur” by Gennifer Choldenko and Dan Santat; © 2017, G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 40 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER You are the bravest kid you know. Nothing is scary to you. You sleep in the dark, you cross the street without holding anyone’s hand, you’re not even scared of monsters. Well, OK, maybe that monster thing, but as in the new book “Dad and the Dinosaur” by Gennifer Choldenko and Dan Santat, you’re fine as long as you have your safety-good-luck charm. Nicholas was not a very brave boy. He really wanted to be. More than anything, he wanted to get rid of his fears of bugs and manhole covers and nighttime and everything else. He wanted to be like his dad, who wasn’t afraid of anything. Only a dinosaur kept Nicholas safe and unafraid. It fit in his hand or in his pocket. He could put it under his pillow or tie it to his swimsuit. It was a very small dinosaur but it was a great BIG help because, as everyone knows, dinosaurs are like Dads: they’re not afraid of anything, either. Nicholas put up a brave front. Everyone thought he was a fearless kid and life might’ve gone on just like that, with nobody knowing his BIG secret. Things would have been fine, except for one problem: Nicholas lost his dinosaur. He’d tucked it in his sock just before he stepped onto the soccer field. He thought it was there when he fearlessly kicked the ball right past the kid they call The Gorilla, a move that Nicholas’ mom got on video. Dad said Nicholas was “incredible,” but Nicholas was incredibly sad. He couldn’t find his dinosaur. He looked. And looked. He crawled almost the whole entire field on his hands and knees until it got dark but the dino was lost for good. What wasn’t gone were the same old fears — things the dinosaur kept away. How would Nicholas ever be able to sleep again? Would he ever be able to go outside in the dark? And how could he continue to convince people that he was totally fearless? Dads fix things. That’s what conventional wisdom would have you think: moms nurture, dads fix. But in “Dad and the Dinosaur,” your child will see that fathers bolster hearts, too. The fears are real inside this cute picture book, and only one thing keeps them at bay: a fierce and powerful dinosaur, lurking in the shadows of the pages in which Nicholas needs him. The illustrations by Dan Santat are clear about the creature’s protections and kids will understand that completely — but beware! The illustrations might be frightening on their own, were it not for the story itself: author Gennifer Choldenko gives this tale the most heroic, most wonderfully understanding Conquerer of Fears, and that guy knows how to make things right. Don’t be surprised if it makes you melt, too. While this book can surely be enjoyed by any 5- to 8-year-old, it appears to be more of a book for boys who idolize their Pops. If you have one of those in your house, then “Dad and the Dinosaur” is scary-good. L.A. Sax Man, Public Domain Tune Band Set To Jam In Gayville GAYVILLE — Los Angeles saxophonist Roger Neumann takes the stage with South Dakota’s Public Domain Tune Band for the sixth June in a row in “Gayville Hall’s Big-Time, Two-Hour Jazz Jam VII” on Saturday, June 24, at 8 p.m. in Gayville. The show features “tunes that our parents and grandparents loved,” according to show producer Doug Sharples, including songs by such great American songwriters as George and Ira Gershwin, Fats Waller and Duke Ellington. The Tune Band was founded as a duo in 1979 by vocalist and guitarist Nick Schwebach and fiddler Owen DeJong, both from rural Wakonda, to perform classic tunes from the 1920s and ‘30s. Schwebach’s vocals recall iconic vocalists of that era like Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong. S.D. public broadcaster Larry Rohrer, a member of Schwebach-and-DeJong’s five-piece band Poker Alice, plays bass in the Tune Band, and USD jazz professor C.J. Kocher plays saxophone. Singer Becca Gehm of Vermillion, whose singing won many fans at several prior shows, will return to perform also. Neumann plays tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones, flute and clarinet and has performed with or written music for Woody Herman, Count Basie, Ray Anthony, Les Brown, Bob Crosby, the Beach Boys, Jerry Garcia, Buddy Rich, Ray Charles, and other big name groups. His music has also been featured on many TV series and in TV movies. After graduating from Morningside College, Neumann took additional studies at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. His honors include “the jazz composer and arranger of the year” award at the 20th annual Los Angeles Jazz Awards in 2002. Gayville Hall is at 502 Washington Street in Gayville. Call 605-267-2859 for ticket information. New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Adult Books • Come Sundown by Nora Roberts; Fiction • The Last Chance Matinee by Mariah Stewart; Fiction • Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson; Fiction • Price of Duty by Dale Brown; Fiction • The Story Cure: A Book Doctor’s Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoir by Dinty W. Moore; Nonfiction Adult DVDs • Before I Fall • Fifty Shades Darker • Get Out • Logan • Max 2: White House Hero • Rock Dog Young Adult Books • American Street by Ibi Zoboi; Fiction • Between Two Skies by Joanne O’Sullivan; Fiction • The Cay by Theodore Taylor; Fiction • Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung; Fiction • North of Happy by Adi Alsaid; Fiction • The Takedown by Corrie Wang; Fiction Junior Books • The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey; Fiction • Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question by Martha Freeman; Fiction • Prisoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren; Fiction • The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby; Fiction • Star Wars Galactic Maps: An Illustrated Atlas of the Star Wars Universe by Emil Fortune; Fiction • Star Wars Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo; Fiction • Darwin and the True Story of the Dinosaurs by Luca Novelli; Nonfiction • Einstein and the Time Machine by Luca Novelli; Nonfiction • Leonardo da Vinci and the Pen That Drew the Future by Luca Novelli; Nonfiction • Newton and the Antigravity Formula by Luca Novelli; Nonfiction ——— Did you know that you can reserve an item from home? Staff will then notify you as soon as the item is available! YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD Courtesy Photo L.A. saxophonist Roger Neumann and the great local fiddler Owen DeJong of So. Dakota’s Public Domain Tune Band in the exhilarating afterglow that followed the rousing first annual June “jazz jam” at Gayvillle Hall in 2012. The two musicians and the rest of the Tune Band, along with singer Becca Gehm, reunite in Gayville on Saturday, June 24, at 8 p.m. for their sixth annual concert of inspired jazz improvisation and classic early-20th century tunes. 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