| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
Praise for "Tyrannosaurus Drip": "With scansion firmly in hand, Donaldson pens a rhymed tale of dino-heroism perfectly complemented by Roberts's comical cartoon scenes of toothy carnivores and trumpet-mouthed vegetarians . . . T. Drip is definitely a dino worth hooting over."--"Kirkus Reviews""" "Brilliant fun from the creator of "The Gruffalo," Slightly older kids will love this, and you adults will probably enjoy it too."--supernanny.co.uk Praise for "The Gruffalo":
"A modern classic."--The Observer
"A modern classic."--The Observer
Product Description
Whoever heard of a vegetarian T. rex?
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
106 of 107 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
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.
44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format: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!
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!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A heart capturing, pitch perfect, beautifully illustrated book. A joy...
This book is irresistibly charming.
A beautifully illustrated tale of a duckbill dinosaur egg stolen from its nest, which ends up in the 'care' of a grim family of... Read more
A beautifully illustrated tale of a duckbill dinosaur egg stolen from its nest, which ends up in the 'care' of a grim family of... Read more
Published 2 days ago by LR Martens
FANTASTIC
My 3 year old boy has made it one of his favourites, can recite it now without opening the book
Published 5 days ago by Janina
Tyrannosaurus Drip
Great book. Speedy delivery. Thanky you so very much. My sons love the quirky rhymes and amusing undertones! A must for all dinosaur fans.
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. Fiona J. Collins
For the 3+ Donaldson fan
We first borrowed this from the library when my daughter was 2 and she wasn't interested but a year later she loved it and now she is 4 she asked me if she could buy it with her... Read more
Published 13 months ago by K. Wilson
Another good one!
This is another fun, great book by Julia Donaldson. My 4 year old enjoyed it. It's definitely aimed at the slightly older children which is a natural transition from the other... Read more
Published on 21 April 2010 by KatesA
Lleyton and Morgan
I couldn't wait to read this spectacular book because it has stunning illustrations by David Roberts and it also has brilliant rhythm. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009
Cameron and Billy's review
This book is mesmerising. Our teacher read it to us and we all crowded round because the pictures were spectacular and the story was scary. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2009
Shayle and Steph's review
Before we started reading this book we already loved it because of Drip! He is soooooo cute! This book is an amazing book because it has cute characters like drip and also scary... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2009
Wesley and Riley's review
We are not usually fans of Julia Donaldson's books but we thought this one was amazing! It rhymes, and has brilliant illustrations . Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2009
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 on 14 Oct 2009 by Mrs. R. A. Howarth-baker
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
