From Dilly the Dinosaur to Jurassic Park, children Love dinosaurs! All children, but especially boys, are fascinated by dinosaurs. This fun-packed new collection brings together the very best stories written about these larger-than-life heroes, from some of today's top children's writers. With scary dinosaurs, friendly dinosaurs, baby dinosaurs and even inflatable dinosaurs, there's a story here to grab the imagination of every child - even the reluctant reader. This fantastic addition to the Treasury series is sure to be a roaring success!

 

 

This book features in the following series: Kingfisher, Kingfisher Treasury Of Stories .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published in 2002 by Pan Macmillan .

Catherine Maccabe has had a life-long love of children's books. After taking a divinity degree at Aberdeen University she worked in a bookshop, in a library and for many years as warden of a sheltered housing project. Clive Scruton has created dozens of books for Walker Books and other children's publishers. He is greatly inspired by the style of classic comics. He loves creating 'small worlds full of exotic stuff, action, batty animals and excitement!'. Jeremy Strong is a multi-award winning author of hilarious children's books, and an expert in both making children laugh and engaging them in reading.

This book has the following chapters: "Dilly's Pet", Tony Bradman; "Dinosaur at the Supermarket", Lyndsay Camp; "The Monster from Underground" (extract), Gillian Cross; "The Littlest Dinosaur", Terence Dicks; "Davy's Dinosaur", Vivian French; "Tom and the Dinosaur", Terry Jones; "Thing", Robin Klein; "Dinosaur School", Dick King-Smith; "The Strange Egg", Margaret mahy; "Tom and the Pterosaur (extract), Jenny Nimmo; "The Dinosaur Robbers", Jeremy Strong; "The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch", Jacqueline Wilson.