The What's So special...? books are really easy to read and full of fascinating information. The text is in smaller chunks, and there are lots of images that school age children grasp easily. These books are excellent for dipping in to, and are great for reluctant readers.
Although words such as the dinosaur names are tricky, they are shown phonetically - for example Leaellynasaura (lee-EL-in-UH-sawr-ah - so any child (and their parents) can get it right, and then we learn all about that dinosaur.
The facts included are really interesting. Who found them, and where did they live? When did they live? What other dinosaurs were around at that time?
Of course the books also tell you the facts my 6 year old wanted to know most - what weapons did they have? How scary were they really? Could they run fast? And how big were they? This is shown by using comparisons children can understand. None of your 'half the size of an Aberdeen smokehouse', dinosaurs are shown next to a door and a bus, and a human.
We've had a lot of fun with these books, we've previously reviewed Stegosaurus and T-Rex, and Megalosaurus and Diplodocus.
The What's So Special About books have an accompanying free educational website which is crammed with dinosaur information, games and competitions designed to help children and parents expand their dinosaur knowledge. There is also a look behind the scenes at the making of the realistic illustrations in the books using 3D models. You can find the website at Special Dinosaurs.
The 32 page What’s so Special about...Dinosaurs? books are best suited to independent readers aged 6+, and available to buy now from all good bookshops in store and online, including Amazon, rrp £5.99 each. Excellent stockingfillers.
Nicky Dee has very kindly offered 2 books each for 2 of my readers as one of my Christmas Present Giveaways. Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form below. This is a UK giveaway only, and will end at midnight Sunday 4th December. For full terms and conditions see the bottom of the Gleam form.
To enter my other giveaways, including my other Christmas Present Giveaways, please see my giveaways page, where you can also find help regarding using Gleam.
What's So Special About....Dinosaurs Books Giveaway (2 Winners).
Lots of sprouts cause I love them!
ReplyDeletethey would have a prawn cocktail
ReplyDeleteA steak dinner - to fill them up so hopefully they wouldn't eat one of us!
ReplyDeleteSebby said that he would give them a leaf cake for the herbivores and beef pie for the carnivores and for ones that live on water fish cakes! (He put a lot of thought into that!)
ReplyDeleteTurkey with all the trimmings.
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ReplyDeleteI'd give them a full roast dinner and they could eat what they want!
ReplyDeleteLots of turkey and gravy.
ReplyDeletesprouts my favourite
DeleteTurkey with all the trimmings of course
ReplyDeleteWhat ever it asked for, I wouldn't argue with anything that big.
ReplyDeleteA Chinese takeaway, give them something they've probably never tried before!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely sprouts! It's the only time we have them all year!
ReplyDeleteI nearly said ....... ill go with fish chips and mushy peas as everybody loves this 😊
ReplyDeleteThe kids :p
ReplyDeletewow, doesn't it depend on the dinosaur? probably cut down a tree from the park and sprinkle it with steak!!
ReplyDeleteThey can have my sprouts because I don't like them.
ReplyDeletePigs in blankets :)
ReplyDeleteAnything they asked for
ReplyDeleteThe whole turkey smoothered in gravy
ReplyDeleteThe Brussels Sprouts!
ReplyDeleteJelly and icecream @bexallum on twitter
ReplyDeleteThe same as everyone else - Turkey, stuffing & veg
ReplyDeleteSprouts!
ReplyDeleteA Christmas Dinner with loads of sprouts on top!
ReplyDeleteAre we talking the real deal or Barney? ;) If it's Barney...it's jelly & custard - if it's T-Rex I'm afraid he'll have to make do with a bone in the back garden, although he'll have to get it off my dog first...hehe!
ReplyDeleteWell we'd have to have a herbivorous one come to ours, so I think I would probably at this time of year just buy a huge Christmas tree and feed them that. I doubt they will be too picky!
ReplyDeleteA Raw Aberdeen Angus Steak
ReplyDeletexmas dinner with all the trimmings
ReplyDeletecould I get away with feeding him to my brother, he drives me insane every Christmas?!?!
ReplyDeletemac n cheese!
ReplyDeleteA full christmas lunch
ReplyDeleteI would feed him spaghetti bolognaise, my boys favourite
ReplyDeleteI would do a full Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, sprouts, parsnips, carrots, roast potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce...but then for some reason I have a strange compulsion to serve jelly and ice cream for pudding!
ReplyDeleteWould have to be lots of meat, beef, gammon, lamb etc and heaps of vegetables, for dessert, I would give it a nice big chocolate gateau x
ReplyDeleteBrussels Sprouts & carrots
ReplyDeleteChristmas dinner with all the trimmings
ReplyDeleteI'd have to give them brussels sprouts. For some reason it just seems like the obvious answer. :-)
ReplyDeleteBrussel sprouts as noone else eats them.
ReplyDeletea nice juicy steak x
ReplyDeleteid feed the a christmas dinner and hope they dont eat us for pudding
ReplyDeletewell hopefully it would be a stegosaurus and i would give them sprouts, broccoli and parsnips like we all eat
ReplyDeleteA full Sunday roast, with mountains of extra pigs in blankets :)
ReplyDeleteTurkey with all the trimmings
ReplyDeleteSprouts of course, that would entertain the kids
ReplyDeleteBrussel Sprouts to save us eating them!
ReplyDeleteMy wifes roast potatoes - in goose fat, no dino would say no!
ReplyDeleteWhatever they fancy, but the boys like the idea of sproty dinosaur wind!
ReplyDeleteTurkey dinosaurs and chips
ReplyDeleteIf he was a meat eater, he'd have turkey. Vegetarian option is the sprouts lol
ReplyDeleteHe would have a full turkey roast dinner, if he would prefer i would not cook his
ReplyDeleteMy fave Brussels sprouts, cheesy mashed potato and salad cream
ReplyDeleteI would try and feed them Turkey, more than likely they would eat me
ReplyDeleteThe grumpy ol' neighbour! (not really) It would depend if they ate meat or not: meat eater = turkey (none of us really like it) veg eater = sprouts (but they best be quick as we love them)
ReplyDeleteA huge bowl of Brussel Sprouts!
ReplyDeleteMy 4 year old dinosaur mad son has said 'Meat obviously if it is a carnivore or we could give them the christmas tree if it's a herbivore!'
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a Steak dinner.
ReplyDeleteOur son would be happy. He loves Dinosaurs.
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Whatever he wanted, lol
ReplyDeletesprouts!
ReplyDeleteThe dinosaur could eat everything in my kitchen cupboard with raisins and sultanas in it cos I don't like them.
ReplyDeleteLots of greens
ReplyDeleteA lovely roast turkey with all the trimmings
ReplyDeleteSTEAK!
ReplyDeletePigs in blankets :)
ReplyDeleteGreen beans and sprouts!
ReplyDeleteI would make sure I invited a vegetarian dinosaur for dinner as we are all vegetarians, so I would cook them a delicious vegetarian roast dinner!
ReplyDeletepigs in blankets
ReplyDeleteThe turkey bones
ReplyDeleteroast chicken dinner with all the trimmings cos they sure will want a feast and that what they get coming to my house xx
ReplyDeletepigs in blankets but he would have to share with me of course! x
ReplyDeleteA nice juicy steak x
ReplyDeleteA mixed grill
ReplyDeleteSome nice beef
ReplyDeleteMy 7 year old would say Broccoli, so that she doesn't have to eat it x
ReplyDeleteA lovely prize
ReplyDeleteBrussels Sprouts
ReplyDeletei would feed them a roast dinner
ReplyDeleteTurkey, Roast Potatoes and a mountain of sprouts and stuffing.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely anything they wanted - you wouldn't want to argue with them, would you?!
ReplyDeleteTurkey with all the trimmings
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