Tyrannosaurus Drip (Book & CD) - Books (Julia Donaldson, Paperback)

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Customer Reviews of Tyrannosaurus Drip (Book & CD)

Daddy-O
London
11th December 2008

Pretty Awful
Too long, contrived rhymes, poor illustration, too much going on and an average ending. It's a nice idea but poorly executed. The illustration looks as if it was done a bit too quickly and is fairly unmemorable. There are too many characters and the story doesn't flow any where as well as Julia's other books. Compared to Julia's other stories this is marginally more expensive - probably because it's a longer story. By the end of the story I didn't like "Drip" and after two readings my son (3) didn't want to hear it again. If in doubt go Gruffalo!!!

D. Lynch

12th November 2008

Not one of her best
A fine story, but the text is clunky and really doesn't scan at all well at some points. The boy likes it, though.

blue stocking
york
18th February 2008

Genius
I love Julia Donaldson's books because they entertain the adult as well as the child. They hold us spellbound on the settee as we revel in the rhymes and sway with the rhythms. My five year old boy loves Tyrannosauruses and my 4 year old girl likes the families of dinosaurs and the tiny egg-carrying Compognathus. Even when I'm tired, I feel better after reading one of JD's masterpieces aloud, and the little ones go to bed content because there's always a happy ending.

sme
uk
4th January 2008

An excellent addition to any collection
This book is another Donaldson triumph. I have used it in a number of storytime sessions with a wide variety of ages and it goes down a storm. The language is clever with repetition and sing song moments. The baddies are really bad the goodies are really loveable and the illustrations are excellent. Give it a try. You'll like it!

Net
United Kingdom
10th November 2007

A roaring success
This was given to my son for his 4th birthday and has become a firm favourite. It is a smoothly flowing rhyming story that begs to be told with silly voices at various different decibels. It is nicely illustrated and I agree with previous reviewers that instead of being as bold and colourful as we would expect from a Donaldson offering, it requires a little more observation from the reader as there is more than meets the eye in some pages: on this basis it is definitely a book a child could grow with and get more out of each time it is read.