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neenthefiend's review against another edition
3.0
The first time I read it, very fun. All of my students are egregiously obsessed with dinosaurs though so it lost its luster after read 7.
11khauer's review against another edition
4.0
This rhyming book is sure to please any lover of dinosaurs or trains! The sing-song sound makes the book a quick and fun read.
ap1's review against another edition
3.0
This will hit the dinosaur and train lover's sweet spot. It's a little "dinoannoying" at times, but I think the intended audience won't "dinocare."
libraryjen's review against another edition
2.0
The illustrations were great, but the story was lame and the "dinothis" and "dinothat" just got incredibly annoying after the first 30 times. Sigh, this one had such potential - I mean dinosaurs and trains should be a winning combination for the toddler and preK crowd.
bittercactus's review against another edition
4.0
This is my favorite in the series that is one of my three year old son's favorite series. We read it at least once a week. Written by a local Puget Sound region author. Cool illustrations. Plus rhyme that has the right rhythm! Hallelujah. Why is that so hard to find?
gliebherr's review against another edition
2.0
clunky and hard to read aloud. The kids like thi dinos and trains.
kitsana_d's review against another edition
2.0
The art bugs me, and I'm not a fan of adding "dino" to random words to give it the theme.
pussreboots's review against another edition
2.0
Dinosaurs and trains... I don't know who first though of combining the two but now it seems impossible to escape stories involving the two. All Aboard the Dinotrain is yet another of these stories.
In All Aboard the Dinotrain, a group of dinosaurs decide to go for a train ride. Where they are going isn't really explained. Why the train doesn't fit them isn't either. It's too small for most of them. Why none of them seem to know how to drive it is another detail over looked.
My favorite combination of dinosaurs and trains (or anything else modern) provide an explanation as to why the two should be together. Either the dinosaurs are modern day circus animals, or they are sentient semi-magical beasts who have an equally magical train to take them wherever they want. Here though its like the dinosaurs have decided to play with a train without an explanation as to why or how that's possible.
That being said, although this particular dinosaur and train story didn't work for me, my son liked it. My daughter and I though prefer Dinosaur Train by John Steven Gurney.
In All Aboard the Dinotrain, a group of dinosaurs decide to go for a train ride. Where they are going isn't really explained. Why the train doesn't fit them isn't either. It's too small for most of them. Why none of them seem to know how to drive it is another detail over looked.
My favorite combination of dinosaurs and trains (or anything else modern) provide an explanation as to why the two should be together. Either the dinosaurs are modern day circus animals, or they are sentient semi-magical beasts who have an equally magical train to take them wherever they want. Here though its like the dinosaurs have decided to play with a train without an explanation as to why or how that's possible.
That being said, although this particular dinosaur and train story didn't work for me, my son liked it. My daughter and I though prefer Dinosaur Train by John Steven Gurney.
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