
Dinosaur Farm!
by Penny Dale
Interest age: 2 to 5
Published by Nosy Crow, 2019
About this book
A glorious mash-up of dinosaurs and farm life, this picture book is pitched perfectly at children who obsess over both. Penny Dale continues the adventures from previous books, which have seen these dinosaurs do everything from shuttle into space to sail on pirate ships.
You can guess what's going on in Dinosaur Farm! We're talking dinosaurs. On a farm. As always, it's a fabulously surreal concept that makes you feel like you've entered some parallel universe and is sure to get your child giggling.
There is a lot of skill here in pulling the two strands together and making it work. Some subtle repetition will encourage children to join in with the words. The illustrations are rich with detail and add a brilliant realism. Who can forget a a Carnotaurus in a flat cap? Or a Baryonyx asleep with a thermos flask? What about the Tyrannosaurus rex in a combine harvester?
With a guide to the different types of dinosaurs and machinery used in the book, Dinosaur Farm! is an absolute winner: fun, daft and educational.
More books like this
-
The Wet Welly Day
by Ruth Symons, illustrated by Sebastien Braun
2 to 9 years
-
Taking the Long Way Home
by Jake Hope, illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald
4 to 5 years
-
Wiggling Words
by Kate Rolfe
4 to 5 years
-
Off They Go!
by James Carter and James Munro
4 to 5 years
Lists of recommended reads
-
Farm books for babies and toddlers
A selection of interactive books that will be very enjoyable to read with babies and toddlers