Dinosaur Books

Great book. Love the story. Great pictures. My son loves this book. All of Syd Hoff's books are great.

My three-year old nephew recently brought home this book back from his pre-school. Stanley is a caveman who is different from the rest of his community. He does not like living in a cave, likes planting and flowers, is courteous to people and kind to animals. The book teaches kids the values of individuality, tolerance, kindness and common courtesy, stuff which might not quite be all too comprehensible to a toddler yet. I plan to read him this book again in a month or two though.

This is the first book I ever remember reading and it's cute messages have stuck with me all these years. Stanley wasn't like the other cavemen, he liked flowers, didn't like sleeping in cold damp caves and so he did something about it! It's a sweet little story about the merits of being your own person and following through with your ideas and forgiving those people who take a while to come around.

The Tar Pit is a magnificent book for all ages. It was one if the best books I have ever read! The book has an excellent plot, colorful language and difficult challenges.

The Tar Pit is about a kid named Edward Small Jr. who has problems in school with his classes and a bully named Billy Gritch, who is the school's best baseball pitcher. Edward has one imaginary friend, who is an Allosaurus named Alexander. Life was a challenge for Edward until Alexander becomes surprisingly real.

Tor Seidler's language is so outstanding and vivid that Edward seems like he is a real person. Get this, I made a list of interesting words and found almost 200!! The language helped make it a remarkable read.

Also, the challenges make this book thought-provoking. At first, Edward feels very cheerless about his life. Later he finds a grown Allosaurus jaw bone that makes life exciting. Also, Billy Gritch stops being such a bully. Then, he has a horrific nightmare that makes his life miserable. In the end, there is a big secret in the book waiting for you to discover.

The appeal of this book is its exciting plot and outstanding language which makes it 168 pages of gold.

I liked this book because of its exciting theme, imagination turning
into reality, and adventure through the mind and then out into reality. I also liked
this book because the little boy in this story reminds me of when I was younger.
I was so fascinated by dinosaurs that my friends and I had an imaginary friend named Rex. It is similar, because the boy in the book has an imaginary friend who was an allosaurus named Alexander. And that is the reason why I liked this book.
Edward Small Jr. had a pretty tough life. He was always being picked on, and never had any friends. Except for one. An imaginary friend named Alexander. And let me tell you, Alexander is no person. He is an allosaurus, who does whatever his master ( Edward) tells him to do. But when he finds a jaw bone in the tar pit where his imaginary friend Alex lives Edward starts to think, " Can this jaw bone be part of Alex?" He starts to get more and more suspicious about the bone and decides to talk to his father about it. When his father finally believes Edward, he decides to ask a professional. So scientists then go to Edwards house and examine the bone and found out that it came from an allosaurus . So then after that the scientists start looking in the tar pit, and soon enough find a whole skeleton of an allosaurus. And since Edward was the one who found the jaw bone,he finally gets noticed, gets new friends, and gets a whole new start for a whole new life.



I would recommend this book to any one who is interested in dinosaurs, mystery, adventure, and imagination gone wild. So if you like all of this, then you had better start reading "THE TAR PIT!!!"

I enjoyed this book because it had adventure and imagination. It was a pretty funny book, to me, because I could relate to some of the things that happened in the story. It was also easy to understand.
This book is about a boy named Edward Small Jr. who was not smart, popular, or even good at sports. His best friend is an Allosaurus named Alexander who lives at the tar pit and does everything that Edward tells him to do. But he is only a dream. One day at the tar pit Edward makes a discovery that changes his life and everyone else's in the town of Molebury.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and adventure. If you like surprises then this would be a good book because it is full of surprises.

Sam Enthoven's new book, TIM, DEFENDER OF THE EARTH, is a blend of fantasy, science fiction, and giant monsters that tends to range all over the place. Honestly, he does a pretty good job of mixing all the genres because not one of them can completely exist without the other. This is a confection aimed at young male readers and it shows, though there's a scrappy girl character that I enjoyed a lot too.

It's really hard to discuss the book without giving away some of the novel's progression, but I'll try to keep all the mysteries intact as much as I can. Enthoven braids his story together by bringing his characters together, and the story summary on the book's jacket gives away a lot.

In the beginning, there's TIM. Yep, all capital letters. It stands for Tyrannosaurus Improved Model, and that's exactly what he is. For years, scientist have labored in a laboratory seventy stories below the earth's surface to blend DNA to create a new soldier. They tried blending several different creatures, but the tyrannosaur model was the only one that became viable - for reasons they still don't understand.

Then we get introduced to Chris Pitman, a young slacker coasting through school and trying to fit into the cool crowd. He exists on the fringes of it, never quite getting into that longed-for territory. He's also the guy that gets outfitted with the bracelet that links him to TIM and to the magical power of the earth. He doesn't learn that for a while. I liked Chris a lot because he never comes across as the superhero type. He's just a guy who's stepped into a situation that's over his head.

Anna Mallahide is the daughter of Professor Mallahide, and she ends up being the strong, scrappy girl I enjoyed getting to know. Her life hasn't been easy because her dad has been working on nanotechnology even after international agreements between countries stated they would not. After TIM's funding is cut, Professor Mallahide's project is totally green-lighted. And it doesn't take long for the professor to make himself into one of the most nefarious villains I've seen in a long time.

I loved Mallahide's presence in the book because the author talks about nanotechnology and what might eventually come of it. He plays fair to both sides, building a case both for and against the advance of nanotechnology, and he does so with clear-cut examples.

But most young male readers aren't going to be there for a discussion of nanotechnology. They want to see the battle royale between TIM and Professor Mallahide. There are a couple of warm-ups to the main event, and those only build the feeling of the coming fight. The hardback edition of this book also contains a pull-out poster of TIM and Professor Mallahide as they carry on the battlefield.

The book is wildly inventive and a lot of fun, but there were a few places where the action seemed to come to a standstill. Information we'd heard was sometimes repeated. Still, if you've got a young male reader in the house, this book will probably keep him occupied.

Reviewed by Dylan James (age 11) for Reader Views (3/08)

If Tim sits in his cage his whole life, he could well end up as Tim: Destroyer of Earth. But if he breaks out in defiance, he might be able to beat the swarm of deadly Nanobots and their psychotic creator. It wouldn't be that hard to decide except that he's just dead lazy. So it looks like it might be up to Chris. Desperately trying to be cool, Chris doesn't want to have a weird bracelet stuck on his wrist, doesn't want to have to work with a weird girl, and definitely doesn't want to risk his newfound coolness and help Tim by stripping to his boxers on television! But he may have to do all that if the Nanobots can't be stopped...

I really liked "Tim: Defender of Earth." I think boys and girls will like this equally because the main characters feature a no-nonsense girl and a kind of cool boy. It is a little violent at times but just enough to get the point across, nowhere near excessive violence. I actually think "Tim: Defender of Earth" would be a better book if it had one or two more battles though, because most teens and preteens like a little more action than it has right now.

The main thing I like about this book is the way it can make sense and have a gripping and awesome storyline without hardly any violence. There are some people that might be a little bit bored with this book; this could be helped by adding a little bit more action. Because there is not much violence, hardly any sensuality, and a great storyline, I think "Tim: Defender of Earth" will be fine for, and loved by, anyone age 11+.

On a school trip to the British Museum, Chris wanders off alone and discovers a private room in the basement. A strange woman appears and shows him a special display case. The object in the case starts to cast a strange glow around the room. The lady opens the case and places the object, a bracelet, on Chris's wrist. It clamps shut and Chris is unable to remove it. With the cryptic words "You've been chosen" uttered to Chris, he is sent back upstairs to join his class and try to figure out what it means.

Seventy stories below the center of London, a strange creature has been created and slated to be destroyed. With voices inside the creature's head, it starts to fight and break its way to the surface and to freedom.

And in another secret location in the city, a brilliant scientist is given the funding from the British Government to proceed with his illegal experiments that will break the Nanotech Non-Proliferation Treaty. Little does the British Government know that the scientist has a secret agenda of his own.

The city of London is under siege by a swarm of nanobots controlled by Professor Mallahide. The hopes and future of the city, and ultimately the world, rest with a boy and a mysterious creature named TIM (Tyrannosaurs: Improved Model). With the help of Ms. Plimpton from the museum, and Anna, a schoolmate and the daughter of Professor Mallahide, Chris and TIM stand a chance of fighting the swarm and the Professor.

I have to admit that I offered to review this book because my son is a dinosaur fanatic. The concept sounded interesting enough on its own merits, so I gave it a go. Well, I was hooked from the first page! For fans of Michael Crichton, TIM, DEFENDER OF EARTH will not disappoint. The action is fast, the science fantastic, and the mounting tension almost too much to bear. I wanted to get to the end to find out if Chris and TIM can save London. Except for the technical, scientific jargon, the book is appropriate for all ages. I can easily picture this being made into a motion picture with the stunning special effects that the swarm would create, as well as the larger-than-life descriptions given to TIM.

I give this book a Gold Star as it's one that I will definitely be recommending to others.

Reviewed by: Jaglvr

I ordered this for my 2 1/2 yr. old who loves dinosaurs and books. Much to my surprise, he isn't interested. I have to coax him into reading it. We keep all of his books within his reach and he's never asked to have this one read to him or gotten it himself. I personally think it's a cute book and a great idea, but it doesn't appeal to him. The illustrations and the story are good, it just doesn't hold his interest.

My 15 month old loves this book! I make it extra fun for her by making Tiny R-O-A-R really loudly. The book is about Tiny Tyrannosaurus trying to scare her friends, but instead just making them smile. This is a sturdy board book that is fun with the snappy teeth. I like all the books in this series, but this one is my child's favorite. A very good book, just be sure to make it extra special by making Tiny roar really loudly. It is sure to get yuor toddler to smile!

I absolutely love these "snap fun" books in this series. It is so adorable how you read along the book and snap the little mouth open and closed with the store line. My little boy finds it so cute and keeps his attention. It appears to be pretty durable too, so I don't think it would fall apart too easily. Anyways, I liked it so much, I am here looking up all the other "snap" books and am going to order them from Amazon. The price through Amazon was much better than my local store even. Oh and all the pages are the hard board type pages, not paper, so it is pretty sturdy. Anyways I highly recommend it.

Recently coming from a dangerous time-traveling mission, Eli Sands and intergalactic friend Clyne the evolved dinosaur and an Alexandrian scholar Thea, are thrown into late nineteenth-century America after an "minor" mishap with their plasmachanichal time-travel vessel. Unfortunately, Clyne is separated from his friends in potentially hostile and unknown territory. While Thea and Eli on the other hand, pop up at the beginning of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition (pre-Sacagawea). After Thea is taken from Eli as she is mistook for an escaped slave and taken into the custody of president Jefferson (though he prefers to be called Tom). Eli then joins up with Captans Meriwether Lewis and Clark's "Corps of Discovery" whit the hope of finding his pal Clyne, that in turn will be a means to rescue Thea, and safe transportation home. However, while trying to escape the clutches of slave drivers and glory-hungry native warriors with hopes to regroup, the trio make an important discovery about their "unforeseen" stumble into 1804. It looks like they were attracted by a so called Prime Nexus, which they may have produced, which will surely change all of history to come.

-Jackson Courey

Eli Sands and his friends are trapped in 19th century America after an accident with their time-travel vessel, stranded in different times. Separated, the group must not only make contact with each other again; they must assure their accident doesn't change history itself.

This is the first book I have read in this series, but it is still enjoyable on its own. It is well written, flows well, and kids will learn a lot of history without it being overdone. It has enough gross factor to appeal to boys, but not so much to turn off parents or a female reader (one of the secondary characters, who tells part of the story, is a girl). It will encourage kids to pick up the next book in the series...

The whole "Uncovered" series is terrific, and this might be my favorite. Obviously, it calls for CONSIDERABLE speculation to provide a look at dino internal organs, the size and location of which can only be inferred from fossil clues such as skeletons, coprolites, and gastroliths (AKA, bones, dung, and gizzard stones), and from the arrangement of living relatives (crocodiles and chickens, say). But even granting that an element of imagination is involved, it feels amazing to be peering at the insides of this amazing predator that lived so long ago. Jurassic Park is great, Walking With Dinosaurs is wonderful, but nothing helps get at what makes something tick better than getting under its hood, so to speak. This book allows one to peel back the ribs and see the massive lungs, or lift up the skull and see the breathtakingly tiny brain. This is the sort of "true fantasy" material that can infect a kid with lifelong love of creative discovery, and awe for the natural world.

Great book. I purchased two (2) of them, but had a BAD time with your site. It kept changing my order number from 2 to one. In the end you sent me four copies. I returned the extras and you did give me credit for the cost of the books but not return my $20.22 shipping cost. Please help. E. M. Michael?.

I purchased this book for my 10 year old nephew, and he loves it! It is a fascinating overlay approach to displaying the anatomy of creatures that have fascinated children for generations. Frankly, all of the adults in our family love the book, too!

Great gift, and great teaching tool!

A perfect starting point for anyone interested in adding veneering to their arsenal of woodworking skills. The author gives veneer, marquetry, parquetry and repair a complete treatment without any clutter of impractical information. I read a review of this book in a major woodworking magazine that took points off for the quality of the work pictured in the book. I think the reviewer missed the fact that the work shown was unfinished and in most cases not even glued down.

This is a good book on veneering. Hosker starts with the basics and takes you step by step through the veneering process. In addition to instructions on laying standard veneer, Hosker also attempts to cover parquetry and marquetry.

In fact, this is a weakness of the book - it attmpts to cover everything, which means that the coverage is not as detailed as the reader might like. Additionally, Hosker's focus is on England - the English marquetry society and English suppliers of veneer and supplies - so the book loses some of its value to American readers.

Hosker has another book out titled "Veneering Handbook" which appears to be a predecessor to this book. The information in Veneering Handbook is all contained in this book "Veneering: A Complete Course" so don't buy the other book.

A couple of other recommended books on Veneering are "The Marquetry Course" by Jack Metcalf and John Apps, and "The Complete Manual of Wood Veneering" by William A Lincoln. The latter book is a really complete treatment of veneering but it only has black and white pictures.

Containing about 118 high-quality colour photo's and 116 crystal clear drawings, a great layout and good paragraphing, this book is very informative but also much fun to read. Many issues are addressed and explained in great detail. I can only recommend it.

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Jake is an ace field agent for FTL. He's just pioneered a new portal to
the uppermost Maastrichian at Hell Creek, Montana. Peg is a star
paleontologist, here to study dinosaurs on humanity's first visit to the
Mesozoic. Jake's got the hots for Peg, but she's a pack mother for the
Teen Lesbians and besides, she's here for *sauropods*.

The big ones are in proto-South America, and after a close encounter
with a tyrannosaur Jake is easily persuaded to go hunting for
herbivores. Unfortunately, there's a hurricane in the path of their
fusion-powered blimp, and their voyage ends in the Cretaceous
treetops. Peg is feeling amorous after the crash:

..."so this is what the adult male organ feels like. I haven't held a penis
since playing sex therapist in kindergarten. But that one was not so big
and active... oh look, an erection... This is fun..."

Fun aside, Jake and Peg are faced with a hike from Texas to Montana, a
trip up the wormhole to early nineteenth-century America, a visit with
Sitting Bull and the Hunkpapa Sioux, and a long trip down the
Mississippi to reach the next portal back to the 24th century and home,
with dirty dealings with riverboat gamblers and slavers en route.

It's good clean fun, and Peg and Jake return home in triumph, though
FTL is miffed at Jake losing their reactor and blimp... and there's
something fishy going on behind the scenes at the company. A quick
trip to the La Brea tar pits in California's Pleistocene ends in disaster,
and Jake is demoted for the return trip to the Cretaceous, this time to
round up some dinos for FTL's game park...

This is a fine combination of a well-drawn future society with
good paleontology brought to life, and a cool historical
adventure to boot. I liked it a lot. Highly recommended.

review copyright 1998 by Peter D. Tillman

Jake is an ace field agent for FTL. He's just pioneered a new portal to the uppermost Maastrichian at Hell Creek, Montana. Peg is a star paleontologist, here to study dinosaurs on humanity's first visit to the Mesozoic. Jake's got the hots for Peg, but she's a pack mother for the Teen Lesbians and besides, she's here for *sauropods*.

Rough and ready time commando Jake Bento and lovely paleontologist Peg barely make it back from a Mesozoic mission, and thats just a warmup for greater challenges. This is the first Rodrigo Garcia R. that I've read. The guy is good. Great characters. It would never have occured to me to mix dinosaurs, Mark Twain river boat mayhem and hip hypermodern sci fi. But it works! Buy this book.

Positives:
Warmly illustrated
Rhyming is well done and not forced
Takes a child through different school activities

Missing:
Sense of humor or surprise

My son has special needs and he ABSOLUTELY LOVES THIS BOOK!!! We have read it almost every night for more than a month and have had to re-borrow it from the library. It is just perfect for him because it reflects his day at school perfectly. Thanks to Ms. Martin for a great book.

I do not have a family of my own, yet, but have purchased this book for myself and many of my friend's children and nieces and nephews. This book is a wonderful guide for what to expect when children go to school. My neice and nephew are too young for kindergarten but enjoy the book because they associate it with their day care experience. The book so cleverly pulls in children and adults through the writing and the brillant illustrations that you find yourself rereading the book just for the joy of it. I would recommend this for any family who has or knows children.

The perfect dinosaur fan's handbook. Ever wondered about a certain beast's diet, size, weight, feeding and breeding habbits? This clear and concise question-and-answer guide is the optimum first-hand solution for quick and easy reference.

I like this book because my mom reads it to me. It answers all of my questions on dinosaurs. I like T-Rexes. Rooaar! Get this book ...