this book was absolutely amazing i loved it and so did my little brother, he liked it because it has dinosaurs in this story book Bedtime stories go bonkers in this inventive, subversive version of a traditionally restful night-time tale. Funny illustrations accompany the witty text. Create a timeline that shows different periods of history (including the times when dinosaurs were alive). Four little dinosaurs are playing outside, but their mothers have warned them to watch out for the Gigantosaurus. One of the little ones decides it is funny to continually call out false alarms, but when the real Gigantosaurus comes around, he's almost toast. Look at the pattern of rhyming words in the story. Can you make your own collection of rhyming words?

As a rule, the problem with rhythmic stories for children – which you notice when you’re reading them out loud over and over again – is that you often find that you want to add or remove words to retain a more poetic flow than the original. The Gruffalo was one of the only books I’ve read where that isn’t the case, though unfortunately that level of attention wasn’t repeated in all the other books by Julia Donaldson. Gigantosaurus, however, flows brilliantly, almost perfectly. The repeated segments are catchy and easy for you and your child to remember, for example: My son is dinosaur mad and I am always on the lookout for new dinosaur books and if they feature dinosaur poop then even better! This book doesn't have dinosaur poop in but does have lots of dinosaurs and beautiful illustrations throughout. Perhaps one of the mightiest of those books (although small in stature) is Gigantosaurus Dino-Spot written and illustrated by No 1 Best-selling author and Illustrator Jonny Duddle and based on Jonny’s best-selling picture book Gigantosaurus.

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This jolly Jurassic rhyming romp features all of our favourite Giganto pals in a rip-roaring adventure looking to find their nemesis the Gigantosaurus. Compare the sizes of different dinosaurs. Use our Dinosaur Size Comparison Posters and How Big were the Dinosaurs? Banner to help. We have created this PowerPoint presentation of 21 slides linked to Gigantosaurus which covers the full story with teaching notes and explores a range of factual elements about the story as well as whole class activities.

The resource have been differentiated 6 ways so have a look to see which one would suit your Year 1 children best All of the dinosaurs in the book are real (with a tiny description at the end) apart from the Giganotsaurus. It was therefore a wonderful surprise to come across something as good as The Gruffalo but with Dinosaurs: Gigantosaurus by Jonny Duddle (what a fabulous name for a children’s author!). All young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus. So Bonehead volunteers to be the dino-kids lookout. Unfortunately, he is the original boy-dinosaur who cried wolf, or in this case, Gigantosaurus! Finally, Bonehead's friends refuse to believe his warnings and the Gigantosaurus really turns up.Little dinosaurs Bonehead, Tiny, Fin and Bill, have been warned about the “fierce and wild” Gigantosaurus. They must be very careful when they are out playing and exploring. One day, Bonehead the smallest of the friends, assigns himself as the lookout for the monster. But it's not Gigantosaurus, just Bonehead's idea of a joke, and when he takes the joke a bit too far, he's the one on Gigantosaurus' lunch menu!