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

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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!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A roaring success, 10 Nov 2007

By	Net (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

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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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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

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