Detective Dinosaur Lost and Found

by James Skofield

Book Overview

Comically clueless Detective Dinosaur and his loyal sidekick, Officer Pterodactyl, are back with three new cases to crack R. W. Alley's inspired illustrations, full of humor and appealing details, bring James Skofield's prehistoric keystone cops to life.

Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl search for a lost baby and find a home for a stray kitten. But when Detective Dinosaur loses his way in a dark park, will he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064442578
• ISBN13: 9780064442572
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Silly and Funny

This is a great 1st chapter book for young children. In each chapter, the main characters, Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl, solve a mystery. The mysteries are often silly, but they are always fun. For example, in one chapter, Detective Dinosaur is following a noise in the fog and becomes lost himself. He begins singing to calm his nerves, and sings so loudly that Officer Pterodactyl easily finds him! In another chapter, they find a lost kitten and put signs up. But, no one claims the kitten. In the end they decide that the kitten is both lost and found, since it was lost, but they found it. After that, Cadet Kitten goes along on their expeditions. My son, 5, read this book to me (one chapter per night) and LOVED it. He laughed out loud at least once per chapter. I highly recommend this book for K-2 readers.

Detective Dinosaur Lost and Found

There were 3 short stories about 2 police dinosaurs in this book. It is humorous, with good color illustrations. I would recommend it for the K through 3rd grade level, as well as the teachers.