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The Great Dodo Comeback

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The Great Dodo Comeback by Fiona Sandiford, and Clare Elsom

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By Fiona Sandiford, and and, Clare Elsom

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36 reviews

Leni loves birds. So when two scientists arrive on her island home to try to de-extinct the dodo, she jumps at the chance to help. But Benny Shoober, the Sugar King, hates birds and loves growing sugar. He’s determined that the dodo will be a no-show…

Reviews

13 Aug 2024

very funny and interesting love the decorated pages

01 Aug 2023

I loved this book !!! The best part was when the profesers made friends.The best character in my opinion is Leni because she's so resilient to help the profesers .

23 Jul 2023

I liked the dodos the most. I liked how the scientists recreated two dodos. I think it’s was kind of realistic

22 Jul 2023

It was very fun and interesting on how in the book they recreated the dodo

16 Sep 2022

I want to get upto all the adventures in the story. I loved the name of the book. It made me want to read it. A funny name book is a good book for children.

31 Aug 2022

thoroughly enjoyed reccomend to any person of any age brilliant book.

12 Aug 2022

This is a great book.full of adventure. If you like birds,mystery and adventure, this is the book for you.
The mystery all began when the professors and Leni go to find dodo bones and they hear something but assume they are just hearing things . It got even more suspicious when both professors were given a beautiful bunch of flowers. I was going to tell you what the trick was and about the enemies but I don't want to ruin the surprise.

09 Aug 2022

I would definitely recommend this to a friend. It was very funny. I love Leni she is so creative and fun

01 Aug 2022

This is quite a calm book, and it was cute because they succeeded and could rebreed dodos. I like the parrot because he is very funny and repeats things that people say.
I would recommend this to other people who like animals.

22 Jul 2022

I love dodos also this was a good book

16 Jul 2022

It was a good book to read, I enjoyed the story.

16 Jul 2022

It was a good book to read, I enjoyed the story.

06 Sep 2021

Had it for my birthday

03 Sep 2021

I liked Leni because she loves birds like me. I liked the part when the Dodo came back to life. I learned that Dodos were related to pigeons. I would recommend it to my friends who like nature too.

01 Sep 2021

I think that this book is fun yet educating and makes you want to read on.
I like the way that the author has put in some funny phrases
My favourite character was Leni, because she likes adventure.
I would recommend this book to someone who has an interest in birds.

01 Sep 2021

it wasn't my favourite because i would of liked it to have gone on for longer
my favourite person was popcorn
the front cover attracted me

31 Aug 2021

I didn’t like the sugar king or his wife, as they wanted to keep the dodo extinct.

30 Aug 2021

It was fun reading a book about dodo's. I like the idea of being able to bring extinct
anima!s back into our world. I would recommend it.

27 Aug 2021

I loved this book. It took me a while to get into it but then I loved it and I would recommend it.

27 Aug 2021

I loved this book because the characters found out how to bring an extinct animal like a dodo back to life. I wish that we could do this with all of the extinct animals and it's an area of science I would like to study.

26 Aug 2021

This book was adventurous and was about two scientists and a girl that are going to bring the dodo back.

24 Aug 2021

I loved it!!!! Because it is about de-extinting the Dodo, and they had a great com back! Also the scientists Prof Scissorson and prof Flowers were not friends at the beginning and at the end they became friends.

22 Aug 2021

It’s quite a long book! But very interesting, I learnt a lot about why Dodo disappeared and what could be done to bring them back although not sure it is realistic! Maybe some day in the future..

21 Aug 2021

I found it very interesting.
I thought it had great language and i loved the part when Leni and professor scissorson got caught by Benny Shoober(sugar king).
I would prefer Leni because she is kind because she helped both of the professors not just one which made it more fair.
It interested me because it was an adventure story and they are my favourite type of books.
I would recommend it to my friends because they are a bit like me and i think they like adventure books.

11 Aug 2021

The Great Dodo Comeback was an adventurous story. It was interesting to read how Prof. Flowers and Prof. Scissorson de-extincted the Dodo.I liked the character of Leni in the story because she was brave, clever and helpful.I will definitely recommend it my family and friends.

26 Jul 2021

The story of Leni and her echo parakeet Popcorn when they embark on a mission with two professors to de-extinct the dodo!
I liked all the descriptions of the island and the wild birds and I think other animal lovers would enjoy the book.
My favourite character is Leni who is very determined even when the grown ups are being silly!

22 Jul 2021

I would recomend this book
It's really interesting and engaging

20 Jul 2021

I love dodos

17 Jul 2021

Leno loves birds.
So when two scientists arrive on her island home to try to de-extinct the dodo, she jumps at the chance to help.
But Benny Shooter, the Sugar King, hates birds and loves growing sugar.
Yes i would recommend this book

13 Jul 2021

I was thinking why Leni likes birds so much

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