The Gruffalo was one of the only books I’ve read where that isn’t the case, though unfortunately that level of attention wasn’t repeated in all the other books by Julia Donaldson. Create a timeline that shows different periods of history (including the times when dinosaurs were alive). My son is dinosaur mad and I am always on the lookout for new dinosaur books and if they feature dinosaur poop then even better! We got it from the library and out of the stack of books we checked out, this one always gets put on the top of the pile to read first. Please DO NOT view the PowerPoint in PowerPoint viewer, view it as a SLIDESHOW, otherwise it will not be interactive.

All we’ve heard about for at least the last decade is The Gruffalo (I know it was first published in 1999, but as with most things it took numerous years to become a household word). Wonderfully characterised and atmospheric illustrations complement humorous rhyming text, in a story that will appeal to young dinosaur-lovers. Gigantosaurus is a Mesozoic spin on a Peter and the Wolf like tale full of great rhythm, rhyme, and patterning. We have created this PowerPoint presentation of 21 slides linked to Gigantosaurus which covers the full story with teaching notes and explores a range of factual elements about the story as well as whole class activities.There’s also a clever fold out when the ‘Gigantosaurus’ finally appears – the board book being too small to contain him. Watch this time-lapse video of the author creating illustrations for covers of the Harry Potter books. In fact, it was a year spent working on a square-rigger vessel, combined with his work as a concept artist on the Pirates of the Carribbean computer game, that inspired Jonny to create his highly successful debut picture book, The Pirate Cruncher. Not only does the text feature dinos, but it has a dino-glossary in the back of all the real types of dinos met in the book.

All of the dinosaurs in the book are real (with a tiny description at the end) apart from the Giganotsaurus. When reviewing picture books, I firstly ignore the text and flip through the pages allowing the illustrations to talk to me. All in all this is a good conversation piece for teaching children what can happen when we are dishonest and how being dishonest can take away the trust others bestow upon us. The use of repetition will be a winner with the readers and I can imagine the story being recited loudly all over the house.A note on the illustrations: Duddle anthropomorphizes the characters in a way similar to Pixar or Disney movies.

In this dinosaur-themed retelling of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," one little dino offers to watch for predators while his friends play. The artwork is wonderful and fun to look at and the dialogue itself is also fun as it is all in rhyme.

I powered through, explaining what's going on along the way, soon realizing it's The Boy Who Cried Wolf retold in a nonsensical way. Following the path of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, four little dinosaurs are warned by their parents to watch out for Gigantosaurus. If you are a keen dino-doodler why not hop over to YouTube and check out Jonny’s brilliant dinosaur drawing tutorials here. It's not on the level of Julia Donaldson but it looks passable and much better than the Slovak translation.