Harry and the Dinosaurs make a Christmas Wish - Ian Whybrow

Hiding Dinosaurs

Advantages: Great book that introduces colours through fun and flaps
Disadvantages: none

***Background*** Harry is a little boy who has a bucketful of toy dinosaurs. They come to life with the help of his imagination and they have wonderful adventures together. They can be regularly seen on Channel 5 in the morning on the children's Milkshake programme. If you want to know more about the TV series then please feel free to read my review of this for further details. Ian Whybrow is the author of the many Harry books out there but is also well known for his Little Wolf stories that have also been made into television programmes. His humour makes these books a joy to read but there are also important social lessons in most of these books too. Adrian Reynolds provides the illustrations for this series of books and has also worked with authors such as Jeanne Willis and Jonathan Emmett. ***The Story*** This story ...

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Review of Harry and the Dinosaurs Play Hide and Seek - Ian Whybrow

Seek and You Shall Find!

Advantages: Teaches colour recognition.
Disadvantages: None in my humble opinion.

and sing section and lots more! - Other books in the series - Harry and the Dinosaurs at the museum Harry and the Dinosaurs go wild Harry and the Dinosaurs say Raahh Harry and the Dinosaurs tell the time Harry and the Dinosaurs have a busy day Harry and the Dinosaurs make a Christmas wish - Price - ISBN: 0-140-56983-9 costs £5.99 but it's worth checking amazon for some better prices. - Overall - Unlike some of the other books in this series this is more suited to pre-school children who are at the early stages of colour recognition. The text is simple and very young children are able to commit this to memory quite quickly and therefore join in with the story-telling. The illustrations by Adrian Reynolds are humorous and he captures the feelings of Harry and his dinosaurs through their facial expressions ...

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Review of Harry and the Dinosaurs Play Hide and Seek - Ian Whybrow

Harry Without His Bucketful Of Dinosaurs

Advantages: Introduction to the character that has become a household name
Disadvantages: Not as good as the later books.

***Background*** Ian Whybrow is well known for his popular series of Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs, both in books and on the television but he has written a lot of other books too including some Little Wolf ones that are a personal favourite of my son. ***The Story*** The story begins with a small boy called Harry looking out of this window. "When the snow came, you had to look for it. But Harry had waited long enough. He went out with his spoon and plate. He put out his tongue and caught a flake. It was just right." There isn't much snow lying around but Harry finds little piles of it on the woodpile and on the leaves. It takes him a long time but finally he has enough snow to make a snow king who is only about 8 inches high. He decorates it with holly berries and makes a crown for it before taking it in ...

belfin 21.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Harry & The Snow King - Ian Whybrow