Santasaurus [Paperback]

Niamh Sharkey (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Niamh Sharkey creates Christmas magic with her simple, quirky, and striking illustrations in this supersaurus story for dinosaur lovers — and believers — everywhere.

Christmas is coming to Dinosaur Town, and Ollie, Molly, and Milo are writing their letters to Santasaurus. Ollie wishes for a dinobot. Molly asks for a dinocycle. All Milo wants is to meet Santasaurus and fly in his sleigh. Later there's Christmas shopping with Momosaurus — "What hustle and bustle and squoosh!" — and plenty of wrapping and decorating on Christmas Eve. But when nighttime comes, will Santasaurus make Ollie's, Molly's, and Milo's wishes come true?

Editorial Reviews

Review

This beautifully illustrated book will have everyone getting into the Christmas spirit." Voted Baby Book of the Week in Baby & You magazine.;"A beautiful Christmas book in rich seasonal colours... Don't miss it!" Children's Book News --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

Niamh Sharkey creates Christmas magic with her simple, quirky, and striking illustrations in this supersaurus story for dinosaur lovers - and believers - everywhere. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick; Reprint edition (September 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763638900
• ISBN-13: 978-0763638900
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #996,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Niamh Sharkey is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's picture books.
She has won the Mother Goose Award (UK) and the Bisto Book of the Year (Ireland) for her picture books.
Her titles include The Ravenous Beast, Santasaurus, I'm a Happy Hugglewug and Cinderella, all published by Walker Books. I'm a Happy Hugglewug is currently being developed into an animation series by Brown Bag Films. Niamh lives in Dublin, Ireland. Check out her website at www.niamhsharkey.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fine, but nothing special., September 20, 2009

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D. M. Zweng (Vienna,VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santasaurus (Paperback)

I purchased this for my son last Christmas because he is a big fan of dinosaurs. The story is a bit slim. It focuses on the youngest dinosaur. While his siblings wish for a bike and a robot toy, Milo's Christmas wish is to ride on Santasaurus' sleigh. He gets his wish Christmas Eve when Santasaurus wakes him to ride with him on his run to deliver the gifts that night. The ride is not fleshed out much. We end on Christmas morning with every member of the family enjoying themselves (even Momosaurus and Poposaurus, a nice touch). The drawings are charming, but there's just not enough to it, especially for the recommended age range of 4-8. Nonreligious Christmas story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Yesosaurus!, March 13, 2010

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Jason Kirkfield "The Pride and Sorrow of chil... (Purple Mountains Majesty) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santasaurus (Hardcover)

Ollie, Molly, Milo, and their parents enjoy holiday spirit with a kind, generous, and positive message throughout. (The dinodeer even stop at traffic lights!) The same cannot be said for many popular books, such as Olivia Helps with Christmas (Olivia Series).

Santasaurus has become part of our nonreligious XMAS tradition, along with other traditional classics. I think this book is brilliant for ages 3 to 5. Time will tell if it maintains the kids' interest past that.

Irish author-illustrator Niamh Sharkey (whose first name is pronounced the same as Neve Campbell) is not well known outside Britain, although you may be familiar with The Ravenous Beast.


(First U.S. edition, 2005)

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was cute., November 1, 2011

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This review is from: Santasaurus (Paperback)

I thought this was a cute story but unfortunately my three your old does not agree. She is not interested in this story at all.