Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor and a good many less famous relatives fill these pages, each introduced with a handful of facts a small child can actually hold on to.
Mary Atkinson keeps the text short and concrete, covering what the animals ate, where they lived and how big they really were, while Hayley Kershaw's illustration carries most of the information for children who cannot yet read alone. The layout favours bold pictures with brief captions, which suits the way a three- or four-year-old explores a book, skipping back and forth rather than reading straight through.
Points that stand out:
• Covers a broad range of dinosaurs rather than only the famous few
• Facts kept short and tied to pictures on the same spread
• Bright illustration designed for children who are not yet reading independently
• Built for shared reading with an adult as much as for browsing alone
A good match for preschoolers and early readers around three to six, and for parents feeding a dinosaur obsession; published by Make Believe Ideas and stocked at Boipoka.