Patrick's Dinosaurs (Clarion Books) [Hardcover]

Carol Carrick (Author), Donald Carrick (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 1983 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Clarion Books

One Saturday while visiting the zoo, Hank tells his brother Patrick all about dinosaurs, and Patrick scares himself by imagining what it would be like if the great creatures were alive today.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Skillfully blends fact and fancy and will prove popular with the never-ending supply of young dinosaur enthusiasts." School Library Journal

About the Author

Carol Carrick has written more than twenty-five well-received books for Clarion, including PATRICK'S DINOSAURS, one of the many books illustrated by her late husband, Donald Carrick. She lives in West Tisbury, Massachusetts.

Donald Carrick has illustrated many children's books. He lives in Edgartown, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Clarion Books (September 19, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899191894
• ISBN-13: 978-0899191898
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,151,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'll never out grow it!, November 25, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Patrick's Dinosaurs (Clarion Books) (Hardcover)

I'm 11 years old and I still like the book. One reason is because my name is Patrick. I know alot about dinosaurs, so I don't relate to Patrick, I relate to his older brother. My younger brother Sean relates more to Patrick. I like scaring him with weird facts like Patrick's older brother brother does. I recommend it to age groups 4-8, or parents could read it to their children.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How Big is Big? - review of "Patrick's Dinosaurs", April 23, 2007

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patrick's Dinosaurs (Paperback)

This is a very nice book and I'm surprised there aren't more comments on it. The story revolves around Patrick and his older brother Hank. While visiting the zoo, Patrick begins to ask Hank various dinosaur questions. Hank answers them not imagining the use that his younger brother is putting them too.

For example, when Hank informs Patrick that one brontosaurus weighs more than 10 elephants, Patrick imagines a huge see-saw with a brontosaurus on one side, and a stacked pyramid of 10 elephants on the other. Similarly, when they go to see the crocodiles Hank says that in the days of dino's that croc's had jaws twice as big as 'you'. Patrick then imagines a single gigantic crocodile having driven off all the little ones. Which brings us to the one picture that might be a concern for some moms and caregivers. The big crocodile is shown swallowing a smaller one: it is half in/half out of his mouth. This can be 'cool' for some kids, but it might bother others.

In any case, this imaginative play goes on through diplodocuses, stegosauruses, and triceratops, until we get to that favorite of children, T. Rex. The tyrannosaurus follows the boys home and hangs around leering through the windows - at least in Patrick's mind-- until Hank assures him that dinosaurs are all long gone.

Four Stars. Lots of fun. Good Read-aloud. The story combines dinosaurs with imaginative play and it does a good job of giving children a way of understanding the relative size of the big thundering lizards. The relationship between the brothers is wholesome and caring. The Accelerated Reading Level is listed as 3.3 which means that it is on a third grade level. Vocabulary is diverse and the font is relatively small.

Pam T~

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read Aloud, March 19, 2011

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This review is from: Patrick's Dinosaurs Book & CD (Read Along Book & CD) (Paperback)

My 3yr old son loves dinosaurs. He enjoys this book. We read it to him at night and he listens to the cd and read the book in the car on the way to school. The cd has the turn page signal which helps him with pacing. I love the book, the CD is good, but the person reading it could have been a little more animated like the others in the "Read Along" series.