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Three Little Dinosaurs, The

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The classic tale of the three little pigs with a clever & humorous twist! (Unlike the original where two of the pigs are eaten, the dinosaurs are all brothers who outwit the big, bad Tyranasaurus Rex). The writing and illustrations are were incredibly funny and imaginative. My 4 year old and 18 month old requested that this book be read over and over! It is a book which adults will enjoy reading and children will want to hear again and again.

My 5yr old loves this book. Well, he loves dinosaurs and we saw this story and had to get it. We both laugh everytime we read it.

A TRex, rather than the big bad wolf, thinks he is going to make cheeseburgers out of the three little dinosuars. Each gets away even though the TRex refers to them as piggies! It's a hoot; clever story and funny illustrations.

As a soon to be teacher, this will definately be a book found on my classroom shelf. The artwork is great, the characters are witty, and it brings the Three Little Pigs up to today's lifestyle in sarcasm and in the pictures. I recommend this to anyone.

My 5 year old was rolling with laughter after reading this book. He kept repeating.."Yeah, I got a dentist appointment.", for about three days. That alone speaks for itself. He carried it to Grandma's house and was very disappointed when we had to return it to the library.

It's time for three little dinosaurs to head out into the world and make their living. Following the original story of the three little pigs, the first dinosaur quickly makes a house of straw and settles down for a video game when something large comes thumping down the path. Could it be the pizza delivery man? Nope. It's the T-Rex! Calling out the classical line to open the door the little dinosaur tells him no and to stop calling him a pig. T-Rex blows down the house and the dinosaur grabs his tv and video game and runs off to the second.

The second dinosaur is a little smarter finds a stegosaurus making mud bricks. He asks for some to make a house but the dinosaur ignores the warning about letting the bricks cook in the sun for awhile. He sets up his house just as the first dino appears. He invites him in just as the T-Rex appears. Again the T-Rex is told no and "stop calling us Pigs!" T-Rex tries to blow down the house but fails. He then waters it down and the two little dinosaurs escape as they slip through the T-Rex's fingers since they are covered in mud.

The third dinosaur is the smartest and makes his home out of stone. He invites the other two in just as the T-Rex appears. T-Rex is reminding not to call them pigs and he learns he can't blow or water down this house! What to do?

This was a fun book! My little girl likes dinosaurs and the artwork made it fun overall! She had to read the book a couple times and simply looked at the pictures several times as well.

Right now it's a favorite!

... My 4 year old son LOVES this book, and is dreading the return to the library. Maybe the jokes and dialogue aren't up to par for some adults, but my husband and I also both loved the book. (Which is good, since we've read it at least once a day, if not more, for the past 2 weeks!) And the illustrations are hilarious - we picked up the book at the library because the dinos looked like the ones from "The 10 Little Dinosaurs" which we already own and love. We will be buying this book for our home collection!

I work as a nanny and take this book with me on jobs. Both the girls and the boys seem to enjoy it, and I find it fun to read. Unlike some of the other favorite books that get tedious to read, I find this one continually enjoyable and cute. It even made me laugh out loud several times the first time I read it. I felt the story was well-developed, and while there were some hidden jokes and references for older audiences (such as the continual mention of the dinosaurs being called pigs) they were not so grown up that school age kids wouldn't understand and find them funny as well, and the hidden jokes are what continually makes the book enjoyable as the kids grow as well as for different age ranges. The book is a little bit longer than many kids' books nowadays, but not so long that kids loose interest, and it's an appropriate length for mature 4 year olds and easily for 5 or kindergarten age and up. Overall, it's one of my favorites to bring along and it generally gets a pretty warm reception. A fun, new twist to an old tale that is enjoyable for all.

thank you for helping me get this book. I needed a copy for my nephew. He enjoyed this book and wanted one of his own. thenk you again for spending it. terri lee

The Three Little Dinosaurs by Jim Harris is a great take on the Three Little Pigs story. Baby dinosaurs replace the pigs and the wolf is a hungry T-Rex that won't stop stalking the little pigs. The illustrations are the best I've seen in a kid's book - my favorite so far. While the story follows the tried and true Three Little Pigs fable, it has a great twist on the ending.

I've read and reviewed most of the basic tellings of "The Three Little Pigs", as well as most of the variants. Here's my take on it.

This variant has a great premise of dinosaurs instead of pigs. It sticks with the plot enough to be familiar, but adds plenty of intriguing new twists. However, it just isn't very well carried out. The dialogue is inane, and it contains many attempted jokes that just aren't funny. For example, the T. Rex continually calls the dinos "pigs", which is out of place to the extent that I thought it was a typo the first time. The artist is obviously very talented (see the candy bar on page 2) but the pictures are really too cartoony, and the scale keeps changing. How big is the T.Rex compared to the young dinosaurs? It's too bad Harris couldn't have spent more time on this story and developed a better done version.