Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
34 used & new from £1.50
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tyrannosaurus Drip
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Tyrannosaurus Drip (Paperback)

by Julia Donaldson (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator)
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.59 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £5 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.40 (40%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Saturday, July 18? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
27 new from £1.50 7 used from £1.69
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover £10.99 £8.49 15 used & new from £1.50
Paperback £8.27 £8.27 12 used & new from £3.49

Frequently Bought Together

Tyrannosaurus Drip + Stick Man + Tiddler
Price For All Three: £12.56

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    Eligible for FREE UK delivery on orders over £5 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Stick Man by Julia Donaldson

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Tiddler by Julia Donaldson

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    Eligible for FREE UK delivery on orders over £5 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Stick Man

Stick Man

by Julia Donaldson
4.4 out of 5 stars (36)  £5.49
Tiddler

Tiddler

by Julia Donaldson
4.4 out of 5 stars (23)  £3.48
Aliens Love Underpants!

Aliens Love Underpants!

by Claire Freedman
4.7 out of 5 stars (54)  £4.99
The Night Pirates

The Night Pirates

by Peter Harris
4.6 out of 5 stars (28)  £3.89
Dinosaurs Love Underpants

Dinosaurs Love Underpants

by Claire Freedman
4.5 out of 5 stars (24)  £2.99
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (4 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230015506
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230015500
  • Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 22.9 x 0.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,361 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #26 in  Books > Children's Books > Education > Baby & Toddler > Picture Books

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Review
'Imelda Staunton gives great voice to the assorted characters. One to delight under-sixes.'
--Daily Express --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
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 ...

See all Product Description

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below
(1)
(1)
See all 3 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Tyrannosaurus Drip
65% buy the item featured on this page:
Tyrannosaurus Drip 4.0 out of 5 stars (12)
£3.59
Dinosaurs Love Underpants
10% buy
Dinosaurs Love Underpants 4.5 out of 5 stars (24)
£2.99
Stick Man
9% buy
Stick Man 4.4 out of 5 stars (36)
£5.49
Room on the Broom
8% buy
Room on the Broom 4.9 out of 5 stars (81)
£2.99
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

12 Reviews
5 star:
 (7)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:
 (2)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:
 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
98 of 98 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
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)      
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.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
40 of 40 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
(REAL NAME)   
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!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A roaring success, 10 Nov 2007
By Net (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

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 1 month 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 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 months ago by Dorothy Starkey

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Awful
Too long, contrived rhymes, poor illustration, too much going on and an average ending. It's a nice idea but poorly executed. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Daddy-O

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of her best
A fine story, but the text is clunky and really doesn't scan at all well at some points. The boy likes it, though.
Published 8 months ago by D. Lynch

5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
I love Julia Donaldson's books because they entertain the adult as well as the child. They hold us spellbound on the settee as we revel in the rhymes and sway with the rhythms. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. J. V. Ball

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent addition to any collection
This book is another Donaldson triumph. I have used it in a number of storytime sessions with a wide variety of ages and it goes down a storm. Read more
Published 18 months ago by S. Edwards-Sim

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Feedback

Fun for Everyone

Christmas Gifts
Achieve over 15,000 RPM with our great range of Powerballs.

›Shop the Powerball store

  

More From Julia Donaldson

Room on the...

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson...

These rollicking rhymes explore the virtue of co-operation. We loved it. Read more
£5.99 £2.99

 

Up to 50% off Dental Care

Braun Oral-B Professional Care 6000 Rechargeable Toothbrush - Pack of 2
Put a sparkle in your smile with up to 50% off selected Oral-B and Philips rechargeable toothbrushes.

›Up to 50% off power toothbrushes

  

Treat Someone

Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates--available in any amount from £5 to £500 With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

›Learn more about Gift Certificates

  
Ad

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates