The complete story and original illustrations of Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts have been specially designed into an early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, Let's Read! Tyrannosaurus Drip is intended to help and encourage children who are growing in reading confidence.Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest, confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed . . .'This is a great series which, by using well-loved stories, will encourage young children to become enthusiastic, independent readers.' - Dr Fiona Maine, Lecturer in Literacy Education, University of Cambridge.Enjoy more early reading with other books from the series: What the Ladybird Heard, A Squash and a Squeeze, and Little Ogre's Surprise Supper.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Let's Read, Lets Read .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 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 in 2013 by Pan Macmillan .

David Roberts was born in Liverpool. He studied fashion and worked in the industry for several years before going on to illustrate children's books. He has also published Dirty Bertie with Little Tiger Press. Julia Donaldson is a former Children's Laureate and the author of the internationally bestselling book The Gruffalo, as well as numerous other popular titles.