Mr Oldcastle takes his nephew Dan and Horace the dog to a natural history museum in Gumdrop, his vintage car. By means of a magic computer, they are transported back to the time of the dinosaurs. They meet some new dinosaur friends and encounter a terrifying enemy! The author has written and illustrated many books, including the Gumdrop stories.

 

This book is part of a book series called Gumdrop .

This book has been graded for interest at 5+ years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2004 by Award Publications Ltd .

VAL BIRO's many books include The Donkey That Sneezed, The Magic Doctor, and Jack and the Robbers, all published by Oxford.