mckenzierichardson's review against another edition
4.0
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An adorably sweet tale of a boy and his dinosaurs. After loving the TV adaptation, I was excited to go back and read the original stories that inspired it. This book did not disappoint.
The first book introduces the reader to Harry and how he found the dinosaurs that he'd soon cart around in the book.
I loved the way the illustrations and narration played off each other. They really captured the magical relationship between the dinosaurs and their Harry. Such a cute story.
Also endpapers are lovely and provide the pronunciations of the dinosaurs featured.
A nice introduction to the characters. Definitely will be reading some of the other books to see what adventures they have together.
An adorably sweet tale of a boy and his dinosaurs. After loving the TV adaptation, I was excited to go back and read the original stories that inspired it. This book did not disappoint.
The first book introduces the reader to Harry and how he found the dinosaurs that he'd soon cart around in the book.
I loved the way the illustrations and narration played off each other. They really captured the magical relationship between the dinosaurs and their Harry. Such a cute story.
Also endpapers are lovely and provide the pronunciations of the dinosaurs featured.
A nice introduction to the characters. Definitely will be reading some of the other books to see what adventures they have together.
thatokiebird's review against another edition
3.0
(Read with little sister as part of the "1,001 Children's Books To Read")
That was pretty cute. The best part was how instead of "The End" they wrote "Endosaurous." Hehe. Nice story and moral but nothing special.
That was pretty cute. The best part was how instead of "The End" they wrote "Endosaurous." Hehe. Nice story and moral but nothing special.
divadiane's review against another edition
4.0
As part of the summer reading programs of the American Library in Paris, they give each child who successfully reads for 30 minutes a day for 10 days a book. My son chose this book because he loves dinosaurs. I'm glad he did because it's a very sweet book with great illustrations.
ellalouise99's review against another edition
5.0
The first of the Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs book, a lovely story of how Harry found the dinosaurs and his first few adventures with them. This book is likely to be very relatable to most children as the dinosaurs are Harry’s favourite toy and they get lost. FS and year 1 children would love this book as well as those children who love dinosaurs! The illustrations show how imaginative children can be with their toys!
candycain's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
larrys's review against another edition
1.0
Nice illustrations are let down by a substandard story. This is a 'lost toy' story but it's no Dogger.
Harry is helping Nan in the attic and finds a cardboard box full of old dinosaur toys. He takes them out, washes them, fixes them. I approve of this. This is industrious of him.
"What do you think you're doing?" says Nan, obviously annoyed that Harry is intruding on her space, the kitchen.
Harry decides that dinosaurs prefer being in a bucket over being in a box. (A bucket has a handle I guess.) So Harry carries them around with him everywhere. Then he loses them.
Talking to his mother at bedtime, he delivers the author's little lecture about how dinosaurs are better than the videos his Nan bought as replacement (the 1990s version of 'screentime') because you can play with them and fix them.
Enter the main opponent, the big sister, who is significantly older. This unpleasant young woman is dismissive of Harry's dinosaurs -- the classic Little Miss Snarker trope which fits most teenage girls in popular fiction -- and more fool her, because Harry ends up dumping a plate full of cereal and milk onto her head when she doesn't want to hear any more about his lost toys. Every time we see this teenage girl she's eating junk food -- an entire box of chocolates (because women like chocolates almost as much as we like handbags), potato chips without sharing... These illustrations actually remind me of sexist stock photography (excluding all the women eating salads and low-fat yoghurt, naturally).
The Little Miss Snarker trope as opponent to much younger, adorable brother is overdone, unpleasant and frankly, lazy characterisation. I'm sick of older teenage sisters being used as the snarky opponent in stories about boys. You don't see it the other way around. Older brothers can be annoying, but only in a fun kind of rambunctious way. Older brothers are more likely to help you out in the end.
After our little hero 'defeats' the opponent by throwing a bowl of cereal on her head the Lost Property Man at the train station where he left the damn things puts Harry to the test. Harry is able to pass the test because he knows the name of all the dinosaurs.
'Endosaurus' is my favourite word in the whole book.
Harry is helping Nan in the attic and finds a cardboard box full of old dinosaur toys. He takes them out, washes them, fixes them. I approve of this. This is industrious of him.
"What do you think you're doing?" says Nan, obviously annoyed that Harry is intruding on her space, the kitchen.
Harry decides that dinosaurs prefer being in a bucket over being in a box. (A bucket has a handle I guess.) So Harry carries them around with him everywhere. Then he loses them.
Talking to his mother at bedtime, he delivers the author's little lecture about how dinosaurs are better than the videos his Nan bought as replacement (the 1990s version of 'screentime') because you can play with them and fix them.
Enter the main opponent, the big sister, who is significantly older. This unpleasant young woman is dismissive of Harry's dinosaurs -- the classic Little Miss Snarker trope which fits most teenage girls in popular fiction -- and more fool her, because Harry ends up dumping a plate full of cereal and milk onto her head when she doesn't want to hear any more about his lost toys. Every time we see this teenage girl she's eating junk food -- an entire box of chocolates (because women like chocolates almost as much as we like handbags), potato chips without sharing... These illustrations actually remind me of sexist stock photography (excluding all the women eating salads and low-fat yoghurt, naturally).
The Little Miss Snarker trope as opponent to much younger, adorable brother is overdone, unpleasant and frankly, lazy characterisation. I'm sick of older teenage sisters being used as the snarky opponent in stories about boys. You don't see it the other way around. Older brothers can be annoying, but only in a fun kind of rambunctious way. Older brothers are more likely to help you out in the end.
After our little hero 'defeats' the opponent by throwing a bowl of cereal on her head the Lost Property Man at the train station where he left the damn things puts Harry to the test. Harry is able to pass the test because he knows the name of all the dinosaurs.
'Endosaurus' is my favourite word in the whole book.
olivias's review against another edition
4.0
Really cute story about a kid who gets attached to some old dinosaur toys he finds. Will display during dinosaur storytime. 3+
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