Author: Harriet Castor, adapted by Lesley Sims
Illustrator: Teri Gower
For Ages: 6 and above
No. of Pages: 48
Publisher: Usborne Publishing, England
Year: 2002
This is a fairy-tale-like-sci-fi for little ones with colorful illustrations interspersed within the story.
The story follows Mr. Puff, an eccentric inventor who finds himself in possession of dinosaur eggs which actually hatch. His young neighbor Sam helps him with cope with parenting little dinos.
This tumbly tale from the Usborne Young Reading series is split into six chapters to make it easy for young readers. And also, there’s plenty of dots and exclamation marks to delightfully draw out the suspense for gleeful minds.
Excerpt
“These aren’t just any old eggs,” said, Mr. Puff. “They’re … dinosaur eggs!”
“What?” cried Sam. “But dinosaurs died out zillions of years ago. How…? Where…?”
Mr. Puff looked mysterious. “Oh, they were to pay me for an invention,” he said.
Just then, the blue spotted egg began to jiggle and jump and bump in the basket.
A crack appeared, zigzagging along the shell …
…then another …
…then another …
…until finally, a little green head burst out.
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