The creators of Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs (2005) again
chuck lots of promising elements together - evidently in hopes that
they'll assemble themselves into an exciting, or at least coherent,
yarn. They don't. Shortly after pausing in awe before the huge
skeleton of a Giganotosaurus on a class trip to the museum, Flinn
and friends fall through a wardrobe - er, closet and find
themselves aboard a ship heading for Bag O' Bones Island, where
they fight scaly pirates to recover a treasure stolen from the
aforementioned museum. Enter Giganotosaurus at the climax, as a
towering pirate who hardly gets to roar before he's reduced to
jelly by the sight of a tiny spider. Ayto illustrates the sketchy
plot with frenzied cartoon collages featuring lots of big teeth,
jumbled action and a ship that looks like a fugitive from a Monty
Python animation. Young readers will give this a perfunctory
once-over at best; set them instead on a course for the more
seaworthy likes of Deb Lund's Dinosailors (2003), illustrated by
Howard Fine. (Picture book. 6-8) (Kirkus Reviews)
Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto's super-fun Captain Flinn and the
Pirate Dinosaurs Flinn is at school looking in the art cupboard for
some coloured pens to finish off his dinosaur drawing when he
stumbles upon Captain Stubble, a real live Pirate Captain! He tells
Flinn that his ship, the Acorn, has been stolen and that he needs
Flinn to help him rescue it back. Stubble makes Flinn the captain
and they sail away on an old pirate ship...they finally find the
Acorn but, to their horror, realise it's been stolen by PIRATE
DINOSAURS! Captain Flinn and his crew attack the dinosaurs and,
after much fighting, seize control of the ship once more. Flinn and
his friends then sail back to the harbour clambering through the
boatshed door and back into the art cupboard without the teacher
even noticing they've been gone! Giles Andreae is an award-winning
children's author and has written both fiction titles and
best-selling picture books. His picture book, The Lion Who Wanted
to Dance, won The Federation of Children's Book Award in the best
picture book category in 1998. However, he is probably most famous
as the creator of the phenomenally successful Purple Ronnie,
Britain's favourite stickman. Giles lives in Notting Hill with his
wife and three young children. Russell has illustrated books by
prolific children's authors such as Ian Whybrow and Cressida
Cowell. The Witch's Children was shortlisted for the Greenaway last
year and this year The Witch's Children and the Queen is on the
Smarties shortlist. Russell lives in Penzance, Cornwall. Don't miss
the other Captain Flinn picture books - they're all rip-roaring
fun! Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs; Captain Flinn and the
Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure!; Captain Flinn and the Pirate
Dinosaurs: Smugglers Bay!; Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs:
The Magic Cutlass And Giles Andreae's brilliant book with
illustrator Korky Paul: Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants
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