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Tyrannosaurus Drip (Hardcover)

by Julia Donaldson (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Macmillan (1 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 023070414X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230704145
  • Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 22.9 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 448,186 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Imelda Staunton gives great voice to the assorted characters. One to delight under-sixes.'


Synopsis

Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed...

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99 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A carnivore v herbivore dinosaur story with strong rhythm and rhyme, 3 Aug 2007
By ELH Browning "Esther-Lou" (Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tyrannosaurus Drip (Hardcover)
Told with strong rhythm and rhyme as you'd expect, this is another sturdy addition to the Donaldson stable. In a nutshell, there are two types of dinosaur living alongside each other, the duck-billed dinosaurs who are peace-loving and vegetarian and the T. Rexes who, obviously, aren't. By chance a duck-billed dinosaur egg ends up in the T. Rex nest and the grim and grisly mother T Rex hatches a rather drippy little specimen. T. Drip, as his sisters name him, runs away across the river where he finds a herd of duckbill dinosaurs and when his T Rex family come across the river to eat the duckbills, he saves the day. The illustrations are lovely, quirky and funky with cool expressions on the dinosaurs faces, though the colour palette is not as wide-ranging as some of the other Donaldson stories. With a slightly more detailed and slower paced story, I wonder whether the book is aimed at the slightly older child than Sharing a Shell, Room on The Broom and The Gruffalo? Make sure you have those first, and then add this to your bookshelf as you child's attention span develops. Perfect for the older preschooler and Key Stage 1 children.

And if you love the style of these illustrations, I throroughly recommend Little Red: A fizzingly good yarn which is a very different type of tale with equally appealing pictures by David Roberts.
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Pre-Hysterical Romp!, 22 Oct 2007
By M. J. Jacobs "michael jacobs" (Edgware, London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tyrannosaurus Drip (Hardcover)
This book needs to be read out loud, and you have to add silly voices. My boys (aged 5 and 7 years) loved it and demanded repeat readings many times. The art is wonderfully anarchic, and characters full of colour and personality, and there is a lot of detail half-hidden in the background, making it a book that your kids will love to look through to find where then egg-stealing Comp will turn up next.

The writing is good, and the rhymes are well constructed. There's one page where you'll get caught out as you turn the page, but it's great stuff.

Whether you are cheering for the predators or the herbivores, you'll find lots of cheer in this delightful package. It's only a shame that it isn't a longer book so that the fun could go on longer. Long live duckbill dinosaurs!
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A roaring success, 10 Nov 2007
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This review is from: Tyrannosaurus Drip (Hardcover)
This was given to my son for his 4th birthday and has become a firm favourite. It is a smoothly flowing rhyming story that begs to be told with silly voices at various different decibels. It is nicely illustrated and I agree with previous reviewers that instead of being as bold and colourful as we would expect from a Donaldson offering, it requires a little more observation from the reader as there is more than meets the eye in some pages: on this basis it is definitely a book a child could grow with and get more out of each time it is read.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great book.
Great book by J.D, but aim it at slightly older toddlers, I bought it for a rwo year old, I would aim it at three-four year olds.
Published 26 days ago by Mrs. R. A. Howarth-baker

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!
Fun for all the family... I hate reading boring books to the kids. This one is fun to read and my two year old would have me reading it from now til the sequel comes out!
Published 1 month ago by Neil Fuller

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for "dramatic" story telling!
My son aged 3 1/2 loves this book. I make up accents for each of the dinosaurs and he just loves it. Great rhymming story. Fun to read aloud my son just loves this story. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Vicky Cheshire

5.0 out of 5 stars Funtastical read!
I absolutely love reading this book to my daughter who is 7yrs old. I do all the silly voices and she loves it everytime (even though she knows all the words by heart). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mona Patel

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the classic
Julia Donaldson does it time and time again with her stories - firm favorites with my children... this one too, but I would add caviats... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D. Farrell

1.0 out of 5 stars Tyrannosaurus Drip
I have a 4 year old son who has 2 stories every night, as such we get through a lot of books - We have everyone of the Donaldson range, and they are all fantastic however this... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. C. E. King-smith

5.0 out of 5 stars great book
My 2 year old and 4 year old love this. Great story, there is lots of repetition, my 4 year old can recite half the book.
Published 6 months ago by Caroline OConnor

4.0 out of 5 stars Bought to read to young children
I bought this book to read to my children age 6 and 4, they story reads very well and rhyms, my little boy and girl liked the story and they asked lots of questions about it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. L. J. Plant

3.0 out of 5 stars just not as good as the rest of her books
This book is just ok i do love all the julia donaldson series but i would not compare this book with the rest of them it's just not as good...
Published 7 months ago by R. Donald

5.0 out of 5 stars Dinosaur's Diary
Very good book for small children. My grandson who is five years old loves it
Published 9 months ago by Dorothy Starkey

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