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Dear Dinosaur

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Dear Dinosaur by Chae Strathie, and Nicola O'Byrne

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By Chae Strathie, and and, Nicola O'Byrne

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36 reviews

After a trip to the museum, Max writes a letter to his favourite
dinosaur, the mighty T. Rex – and the T. Rex writes back! As Max
and T. Rex learn about each other’s lives, a very unusual friendship
develops in this funny and touching story from an award-winning
duo.

Dinosaur fans will love this interactive picture book with letters and cards to open, and dinosaur facts to discover along the way.

Reviews

18 Jan 2025

I like it because it was about a dinosaur in the museum. He wrote a letter to a boy called Max and the dinosaur didn’t have a name. He was a big dinosaur.

24 Aug 2024

This book is really good. There are lots of little letters and postcards and invitations in the book. The story is about a boy called max and he writes to a dinosaur from the museum and the T rex writes back to him.

22 Aug 2024

Really enjoyed this book because it’s all about chocolate. And chocolate is the best treat ever! I love dinosaurs as well!

12 Aug 2024

I liked everything about this book!

28 Jul 2024

I really liked that the T-Rex is wiring to Max & I liked the bit where he says, “I don’t write letters to small children, I eat them!”
I also like it when Max asks the T-Rex the best place to find bones & fossils.

04 Sep 2023

I loved reading about the dinosaurs and the funny things they got up to!

11 Aug 2023

It's funny and the T-Rex is amazing!

30 Jul 2023

What a lovely book! I loved how many of the letters actually opened out. It’s a really cute idea, Max and the T-Rex at the museum send letters back and forth. Really lovely book.

25 Jul 2023

I loved opening the little letters, postcards and birthday cards. T rex was funny.

25 Jul 2023

Its really good because there are letters that you open whay woooo!!!!

22 Jul 2023

I like it because Max like the friendly dinosaur T.rex and T.rex could read letters! I like Triceratops the most.

21 Jul 2023

I love reading

31 Aug 2022

The triceratops wearing a tutu was funny.
I did not know that t-Rex could write letters.
My favourite character was the t-Rex because he had a birthday.
It is an exciting book for anyone to read.

21 Aug 2022

I really enjoyed reading the letters, especially from the T-Rex. The end of the book, it was funny seeing the triceratops in a tutu, the t-rex with a rubber duck and the little dinosaur with Max's tooth in its mouth

13 Aug 2022

I like it when Max sends the letter with the picture of the sausagesaurus

06 Aug 2022

I liked that they write letters and now they are best friends.

03 Sep 2021

I liked reading the letters

03 Sep 2021

This was a good book. I like the way the letters are written.

30 Aug 2021

I loved this book because there were letters and postcards to open up and read. I also liked how the Triceratops wore a tutu. My favourite character was Max because he was a kind, little boy who loved dinosaurs. I would definitely recommend this story because it is a good story with interesting pictures.

09 Aug 2021

A lovely book about a boy called Max how likes dinosaurs very much. One day he visited the museum and after he meet T Rex he decided to write to him and ask him lots of questions. Max and T Rex are friends now

04 Aug 2021

love it

09 Jan 2021

I got this book for Christmas. I love dinosaurs and we visit the London museum every year. I liked the pen pal idea, so I started being a pen pal with some family I am not able to see at the moment. This is a nice book but do dinosaurs really write letters?

08 Sep 2020

I read this to my brother. I loved it when I was younger. It’s good because it’s all letters from Max to a TRex and they write to each other. I like it when the triceratops gets dressed up as a ballerina in a tutu

07 Sep 2020

I likee reading the letters and postcards.

15 Aug 2020

I like unfolding all of the letters.

13 Aug 2020

I like the real letters to read

10 Aug 2020

Dear Dinosaur is about a boy and he writes to his favourite dinosaur who is a t-rex. He gives him a rubber duck so that he has a bath toy when he has a dip in a fish pond. I think that under fives would really like this book because there's lots of little messages and flaps to open so that you can see the messages.

09 Aug 2020

I love all the letters that you can look at it. This book is fun.

07 Aug 2020

I read this to my little brother. It was a good book.

03 Aug 2020

I liked that the mammoth knocked over the vase with his bottom and when the dinosaur built the biggest sandcastle in the world.

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