SuitabookDinosaur olympics
Jeanne Willis
- Reading
- Read together if the child would benefit from pausing around the threatening characters and the shift from celebration to conflict. Afterwards, revisit whether the proposed solution addresses the original disagreement.
- Themes
- Conflict and peace-making: Carnivores and herbivores face escalating disputes, and the mayor proposes Olympic Games to stop the fighting. The story appears to test whether a shared competition can settle serious differences, but its judgement is not clear.
- Threatening behaviour: The birthday party is gate-crashed by hostile characters, after which kidnaps and thefts occur. Danger is a clear part of the situation, but it is not possible to tell how seriously, comically or critically the behaviour is treated overall.
- Comedy alongside danger: The characters and story are described as madcap, despite frightening and hostile elements. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Some children may want preparation for intimidating villains, threatened war, kidnaps and thefts.