Five roar-some books about dinosaurs
The Deadlands: Hunted author Skye Melki-Wegner shares her favourite dinosaur books for page-turning – and often hilarious – reads.
Skye recommends:
Spynosaur by Guy Bass, illustrated by Lee Robinson
Spynosaur is a fast and funny read, starring a super spy transferred into the body of a dinosaur. The rip-roaring plot is accompanied by comic strips and illustrations — and of course, plenty of puns!
Image: Illustration from The Deadlands: Hunted by Skye Melki-Wegner
Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise by Elys Dolan
After being frozen solid in an Ice Age, Rex the dinosaur is bewildered to wake up in the modern world. Hijinks and adventures ensue, as our hapless hero adopts a disguise and tries to integrate into society.
Image: Illustration: Elys Dolan
Dinosaurs Rock! by Dougie Poynter
Putting the 100 million years when dinosaurs ruled the world into context can be challenging but this neat little book does it very successfully!
A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan
Esha Verma invents a time machine to win a prize for genius inventions — but before she knows it, her sister has hijacked the machine and hurtled back to the Cretaceous period! This book brims with humour, wacky adventures and fun illustrations.
Allen Fatimaharan
Xtinct: T‑Rex Terror by Ash Stone
When a lab accident brings extinct animals back to life — including a T‑Rex! — it’s up to Jeevan Singh to rescue them. This action-packed tale draws on the author’s own experiences saving endangered species.