Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - The Triceratops by E T Harper and Dan Taylor
| Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - The Triceratops by E T Harper and Dan Taylor | |
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Reviewer: Sam Tyler
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| Summary: Dylan returns and this time he is trying to measure a Triceratops's horns. Not the best of ideas, but why not join him in this action packed book that is part of an ongoing series. | |
| Buy? Maybe | Borrow? Yes |
| Pages: 32 | Date: December 2015 |
| Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK | |
| External links: Author's website | |
| ISBN: 9781471119408 | |
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Imagination is one thing; what wonderful adventures you could have should you be able to travel to the distant past and walk amongst the dinosaurs. Reality is different; running around in bone shaking terror as various man-eating dinos crave your flesh. This has not stopped Dylan embarking on another amazing adventure – will he survive a velociraptor attack and why does he keep doing back?
Dylan is a curious child, both in terms of questioning things all the time, but also in his choices. With the aid of his magical journal he travels into the past to discover something about the dinosaurs. This time he wants to know how long a Triceratops' horns are; rather than doing some empirical studies of fossils, he instead embarks on an adventure to the past and tries to measure the horns of a living specimen!
Triceratops is the fourth outing for Dylan and his amazing dinosaurs by E T Harper and by this point there is a tried and tested formula. Once again the book starts with Dylan and his toy pterodactyl pondering on a question and then going back in time to try and solve it. The first few pages of this book are almost identical to that of Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which feels a little like cheating. Once the new adventure starts, it also feels a little similar as Dylan once again finds himself in trouble when he lands in the Land of the Dinosaurs, but by four trips he should know the dangers by now?
Like previous outings, the book takes a little while to get going, but once it does there are some fun action sequences. These are enhanced by illustrator Dan Taylor's bright visuals that make the entire book a colourful experience. Despite the bright images, the story involves innocent eggs and some quite scary velociraptors trying to eat them, so it is not really suitable for the very young. To add to this slightly older demographic is the origami Triceratops that comes with the book. This is a really nifty toy, but is not really suitable for under 3s.
Triceratops is not a bad book, just more of the same. The series is action based and this makes them dynamic books, but also strangely void of heart. If you have another book in the series and your child loves it, then they will also get a lot from this outing. However, those kids not too enamoured with previous outings may question why you are reading to them essentially the same book.
You should check out other books in the series such as Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but there are loads of alternative dino books for kids; I'm Sure I Saw A Dinosaur by Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds.
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