flip flap dinosaurs

flip flap dinosaursFlip Flap Dinosaurs by Axel Scheffler
Published by Nosy Crow on October 15, 2019
ISBN: 1536208264
Pages: 28
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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three-stars

Advertised for ages 3-7

This flap book encourages youngsters to flip over either the top or bottom (or both) halves of the page to create a new dinosaur.   It then reveals the newly created dinosaur name, and its new unique characteristics.

I was not able to pronounce most of the new morphed names, and would have a hard time trying to fake it in a read aloud with children.  “What do you get if you cross an iguanodon and a diplodocus?  That would be an iguanodocus!”  WOW.  The concept is cute, and the publisher and author have released other similar Flip Flap books that I believe would be much easier to digest.  Flip Flap Dogs, Farm, Ocean, Safari, all seem like they might be easier to read and comprehend.

Reviewed By Irene Hall, Witherle Memorial Public Library, Castine

three-stars