Any book recommendations for a dinosaur obsessed 5 year old?

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Lew12Mum · 12/03/2014 15:57

I think we may own everything dinosaur related, but I'm on the hunt for decent dinosaur books for my 5 year old. He doesn't want anything 'babyish', but still wants pictures. He gets bored by the encyclopaedia/text book type of thing, but I think it'd be good for the books to be vaguely educational and fact based rather than fiction, whilst he's still soaking information up like a sponge.
Does such a thing exist or am I asking too much?
Any recommendations?

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EmilyMortimer · 12/03/2014 16:14

Also have you thought of those tiny dinosaur models you can get? They come in a large jar; you can then use them to sort by meat/plant eater, mode of survival (size, horns, teeth, etc). You could then write out the name labels for them so he'd remember what each one was called and its attributes.

You could also use these (in good time) to look up the period in which they lived. I think they would work best because he could play with them at the same time, thereby stretching his imagination as well as learning facts.

bubblebabeuk · 12/03/2014 16:07

Not very factual but my DS adores "Dinosaurs love underpants" its fab and i even had to make a world book day costume fir him to go with it.

EmilyMortimer · 12/03/2014 16:03

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. Just googled it. Had forgotten full name. As I say the stories are the perfect length for 5 year olds. Lovely illustrations.

EmilyMortimer · 12/03/2014 16:00

Has he had the 'Harry and the .....' books. They are perfect for his age; stories all involving dinosaurs.

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