Surviving and finding a safe place to lay her eggs is difficult for Hypsilophodon with dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex around. When she falls into a mysterious pool and finds herself on a modern farm there are still problems. Finally she finds a safe place to hatch her babies, but how can she keep thirteen baby dinosaurs safe and secret? When the farmer catches one - Hector - and plans to take him to the vet, it's up to Hypsilophodon and her fiesty daughter, Henrietta, to get him back. After a daring rescue, Hypsilophodon takes all her youngsters back through the mysterious pool to her own world.
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Julia Donaldson has a fast-growing reputation as a children's writer. She won the Smarties Prize and the Blue Peter Award for The Gruffalo. Julia lives in Glasgow.
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The fact that this book was about a dinosaur caught my son's imagination. The fact that it was by Julia Donaldson caught mine and yet again she has written a book that will capture the imagination of children and lead to the book becoming very well thumbed. My son is 5.5 and is on his 3rd run through already. Like all good books it prompts lots of questions and offers plenty of opportunities for exploring the ideas introduced by the story. It is very different to the previous books by the same author for younger children (Gruffalo, Room on the Broom etc)and considerably longer (it takes us 3-4 nights to get through it with about 10 minutes reading per night!!)and I imagine it could be read to children up to 7 and by children of about the same age or a bit older. I have found it quite hard to get books that will capture the imagination of my son at his current age without them being either too old or too young and this is one of the first to successfully achieve it (and with a female heroine girls would also enjoy it as well). Thank you Julia and keep up the good work.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I liked this book because it is very exciting like I said, and I thought that it was really funny when Hipsilophodon called the Tractor a Tractorsaurus! (Reviewed by leela aged 6)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By julia fan
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I didn't know that Julia Donaldson wrote books for older children so was very pleased when I found this. My 2 sons love all her books for younger children, even now that they're getting a bit older at 4 and 6, and this new book was as much a hit with them. I can't recommend it enough
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JD Paperback, Dinosars
Cracking paper back by JD for the older child say 5-8, it is a black and white paper back, so maybe not of as much interest to them! Read more
Published 2 days ago by Dr Ross
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5 Star Julia Donaldson
I chose this book in part because it was Julia Donaldson (a favourite author in our school). We were not disappointed. The mixture of past and present blended really well. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms Lilian Wylie
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Kids luv it
Something to entertain the grandchildren in the car on long journeys, not a lover of eBooks for the very young but when space is vital there is nothing better.
Published 1 month ago by J. Ortonroyston
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good reader for that interim stage
my son and I read this book together. I find it difficult to find interesting books with characters and a plot for his reading stage. He is beginning to be a confident reader. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. C. K. Hoare
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A dull read
Brought this for my six year old who is a big fan of dinosaurs and has loved many of Julia Donaldsons other books so we thought we were on to a winner! Read more
Published 3 months ago by maesare
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wow Donalason
How can I explain? My daughter read this first in year 2 .Now she is 3 years older she has found it agsin . It's been ultimate joy for her.
Published 3 months ago by Mr J Dickenson
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Lovely story, ideal for bed-time reading
What a lovely story. Julia Donaldson does it again! Both my children (age 8 and 6) were enthralled by every word. Hi chin my recommended.
Published 3 months ago by Lucy
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Lovely simple and exciting story.
Lovely story, my 5 year old was interest and it held his attention. A simple story, made exciting good book for boys.
Published 4 months ago by Harrises
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Great
As a big fan of the author this book provided a nice step up as children become better readers, giving the choice of reading together or on their own
Published 4 months ago by J
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My boys loved this
I read this to my boys, aged 3 -5 over a week. They loved it as Dino buffs and always wanted me to keep reading. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr O M Brown
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