Harry & the Dinosaurs Play Hide & Seek - Ian Whybrow

This is one of many books in the popular series of books by Ian Whybrow. - Content, Style and Format - Harry and his dinosaurs are playing hide-and-seek in this book and the reader is asked to help Harry find his dinosaurs. The book's main focus is on colours and vocabulary relating to position: 'Who's that hiding under the blue cushion?' 'Who's that hiding behind the red towel?' 'Who's that hiding inside Nan's purple knitting basket?' The questions are mainly on the left hand page, the right hand page showing a picture of Harry and the object. This page then opens out to the right and ...  Read the complete review

***Background*** Harry is a little boy who has a bucketful of toy dinosaurs. They come to life with the help of his imagination and they have wonderful adventures together. They can be regularly seen on Channel 5 in the morning on the children's Milkshake programme. If you want to know more about the TV series then please feel free to read my review of this for further details. Ian Whybrow is the author of the many Harry books out there but is also well known for his Little Wolf stories that have also been made into television programmes. His humour makes these books a joy to read but there are also important social lessons in most of these books ...  Read the complete review