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Tyrannosaurus Drip (Book & CD)

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Tyrannosaurus Drip is a charming children's picturebook about a conflict between dinosaurs. The peaceful, plant-eating duckbill dinosaurs live across the river from the ferocious, meat-eating T-Rexes. And what the T-Rexes want to eat most is duckbill dinosaur meat! When a duckbill egg hatches in a T-Rex nest, the little duckbill named Drip finds that he just can't adapt to their carnivorous ways. Not only does little Drip find solace with the other duckbills, he proved clever and heroic enough to save them all from the T-Rex menace! The whimsical illustrations add the perfect touch to this delightful dino-adventure.

Great book and adored by my 5 year old. The rhyming is really fun to read!

This story has rhyming verse, lovable characters and an entertaining and witty story - this is a super book. I first stumbled upon it at our local library. After my 2 year old and 5 year old loved it equally, I renewed our "check" on the books. After they asked me to read it during playdates and it had a kindergardener and a 4 year old (friends) totally silent and mesmerized, I finally bought this book to keep on hand. Rave reviews from every child I've ever read it to.

My kids love this book and I love reading it to them. The illustrations are whimsical and fun. The rhyming is great. My kids chant along. :) I highly recommend!

Wonderful story for many age groups, boys or girls. Both my grandchildren love it. Reading it to them is so enjoyable due to the poetic rhyme ingeniously thought out to portray the story of a dinosaur that is different from the rest. After I had read it for about the tenth time, I realized what a great book to get for vegetarians ! One type of dinosaur group are meat eaters, but the other group are plant eaters. Very witty of the author, Julia Donaldson. Sending cheers of applause on a great children's book !

I have yet to purchase a Julia Donaldson book that my toddler does not love! Donaldson does her stories just right. They all have great characters that capture a toddler's interest and a flowing story line that's (relatively) complex and yet easy to understand and follow. This book is no different - like Donaldson's others, this one is a definite buy!

My 3 year old grandson loves this book--wonderful drawings, and a story he can follow.

I found this book a little scary, but my three year old grandson adores it It has been a nightly bed-time read for the past six weeks.

Well written as always (although some of the lines to not scan as neatly as other Donaldson writing) Illustrations are charming although I prefer the style of the illustrations for Stick Man.

WE LOVE JULIA's books! She is a wonderful, fun, joyous writer who tells fabulous tales with a subtle lesson in each one. We own almost everything by her now.

The rhymes are whimsical, but the basic content could be disturbing. If your child is young or sensitive, or a foster or adoptive child, be warned. First, the characters are clearly good (duckbills) vs evil (tyrannosaurs). A duckbill egg is mistakenly placed in a tyrannosaurs nest, and hatches there. "Drip" is ridiculed by his siblings and misunderstood by his adoptive parents. He happens upon some dinosaurs that look like him (the duckbills), and then sides with them to protect them from his adoptive family, who would like to eat them. The adoptive family is thrown into the water and presumably drowns. Of course, the plot is presented in a cheerful, good-triumphs-over-evil format, but with a disturbing undercurrent of family rejection and betrayal. This is not for every family-- do not buy it as a gift.