SuitabookConflict and peace-making
Carnivores and herbivores face escalating disputes, and the mayor proposes Olympic Games to stop the fighting.
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Jeanne Willis - Author
This is a comic adventure about dinosaurs whose celebration gives way to threats, kidnapping and theft. Its central idea is whether organised sport can replace fighting, though the story does not reveal whether peace succeeds.
When the Stegosaurus family, Mr and Mrs Stigson and their son Darwin, throw a party for Uncle Loop's 150th birthday, it is gate crashed by Clint Beastwood, the gangster like T-Rex and his thuggish side kick Mr Cretaceous (a terrifying Dinosuchus) and Terry O'Dactyl (a psychotic Pteranodon). War seems to be on the horizon for the carnivores and the herbivores as kidnaps and thefts follow. Boris, the Mayor, (a Triceratops) proposes Olympic Games to bring peace and stop the fighting. But can the dinosaurs settle their differences through sport or will it only make things worse? Jeanne Willis's madcap characters and story with Arthur Robins' inspired illustrations are certain to delight everyone's funny bone!
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a comic adventure about dinosaurs whose celebration gives way to threats, kidnapping and theft. Its central idea is whether organised sport can replace fighting, though the story does not reveal whether peace succeeds.
Carnivores and herbivores face escalating disputes, and the mayor proposes Olympic Games to stop the fighting.
The birthday party is gate-crashed by hostile characters, after which kidnaps and thefts occur.
Some children may want preparation for intimidating villains, threatened war, kidnaps and thefts.
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