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Astrosaurs 1: Riddle of the Raptors (Astrosaurs)
 
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Astrosaurs 1: Riddle of the Raptors (Astrosaurs) (Paperback)
by Steve Cole (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars 6 customer reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 99 pages
  • Publisher: Red Fox (3 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099472945
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099472940
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,271 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Book Description
The first in a brilliantly funny new series starring the most intrepid dinosaurs you'll ever meet in space-

Synopsis
Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy, Teggs rights wrongs, fights evil and eats a lot of grass! In this first adventure, the herbivore astrosaurs have to face a fearsome enemy - a band of greedy carnivorous raptors who have kidnapped two athlete dinosaurs from under Tegg's nose. Can the Captain save the dinosaurs, escape from terrifying T-Rexes and still save the Dinosaur Games?

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4 star: 16%  (1)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars StegTrek - First of a series of excellent 'dinosaurs in space' sci-fi books aimed at preteen boys, 13 Oct 2005
By Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England) - See all my reviews
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My son (10) isn't very good at reading, so I read these Astrosaurs books to him at bedtime. He really enjoyed them and so we have bought all of the series (8 books at present) to encourage him to like books as much as his Playstation 2, TV and DVD's. Most books we have are shared with his 12 year old sister, so he appreciated a good book aimed at young boys. The sci-fi stories are quite good (we are Dr Who, StarWars, Dinotopia, and New Captain Scarlet fans) and you get the boys top favourite (dinosaurs) thrown in as well. The only problem with them is that Steve Cole can't write them quick enough - and the SciFi content of the stories is improving with each new book.

The series follows the space adventures of a troupe of vegetarian dinosaurs (they escaped the meteor hit 50 million years ago by leaving Earth in spaceships). Captain Teggs and his crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy are no ordinary dinosaurs - they are Astrosaurs! They fly through space in the Dinosaur Space Service starship, the DSS Sauropod, keeping the peace in the vegetarian sector of the Jurassic Quadrant. They also patrol the neutral VegMeat zone to defend against the inhabitants of the notorious Carnivore Sector. Plus they are explorers, who boldly go where no fern chewing reptile has boldly gone before.

This is the first book of the excellent series. In order the books are Riddle of the raptors, The hatching horror, The seas of doom, The mind swap menace, The skies of fear, The space ghosts, Day of the dino-driods, and The terror bird trap. More are due to be published this year.

In this book newly promoted Teggs and his crew are transporting the sector's top vegetarian athletes to the Great Dinosaur Games at Planet Olympus. Suddenly a Raptor Deathship appears and attacks the DSS Sauropod, and a Raptor boarding party kidnapps two of the best athletes. But there's more to the Raptors' plot than meets the eye, so can Captain Teggs solve their rascally riddle in time? Like the rest of the series, the book it is suitably tense in places for little ones.

They are best read in order. My son says "Like the other books it was cool, I liked the characters and the pictures (the reading books are filled many good line drawing illustrations). I also liked the cut-out cards at the front". I would think the books would suit any pre-teen boy older than four, who appreciates space travel (probably up to age 12). I also enjoyed reading them out loud. There are surprisingly few good books aimed squarely at young boys about, so highly recommended. Also try 'The tentacled terror' plus the 'Horrid Henry', 'Seriously silly stories', `The demon headmaster' and the US 'Captain Underpants' series of books.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dinosaurs in Space, 23 Feb 2005
By MattR (Essex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I really enjoyed this book about the adventures that Dinosaurs have being Astronauts. I kept wanting my Mum to read me another chapter to see what happened next. I think the planet names are funny. I like the cool cards you can collect in each book and I can't wait to get the next book. I would recommend this book to other 7 year boys.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I like it!, 26 April 2005
I think it's amazing. I liked chapters 2 and 3 because I think it's very funny when the Raptors kidnap the Stegocerus athletes. I think children who really like space and dinosaurs would like this book, because it's a really good subject if they like those two things.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A bit exciting.
I liked this book because it has good Astrosaur cards and the story is good. The parts of the story are the surprise ending and the middle. (Reviewed by Leela age 6).
Published 2 months ago by Leela

5.0 out of 5 stars There,s nothing better than action
I realy like these books because they are so cool to read.I have only two
of the books so I look forward to geting the rest.I think they are all going to be very cool.
Published 7 months ago by J. Bettridge

4.0 out of 5 stars I like it
By William Chappell age 9
I think this book is really good, I think Arx is my fave character because he's so brainy!
I would recommend it for 9 year old boys
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Sonya R. Chappell

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