March of the Armoured Beasts

Dinosaur Cove #3

by Rex Stone, Mike Spoor (Illustrator)

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father he's looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he and his friend, Tom, discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints, it takes them to another world . . . a world of dinosaurs. Jamie and Tom discover some fresh dinosaur footprints and decide to do some tracking. It looks as if a large herd are moving towards the river, but as the boys approach the marshy area they notice some smaller footprints going a different way. They discover a baby Ankylosaurus in the mud - it's thrashing around and has sunk up to its middle. The baby dino is well and truly stuck. The boys have to find a way of saving the little Ankylosaurus. But when its mother appears will she realize they're trying to help? Or will she come at them with her huge clubbed tail?

Genres: Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Dinosaurs

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Paula Greenfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great book in this series. The boys this time must rescue a baby Ankylosaurus.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, nach dem dritten Teil und den ständigen Wiederholungen wird die Geschichte für mich langsam ein bisschen langweilig. Den Kindern gefällt es noch immer. Die sind da noch ein bisschen schmerzbefreiter, was das Verlangen nach Abwechslung betrifft.

[Emma Hargrove · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR test 10 out of 10

[Nolan Brendel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it because they saved an Ankylosaurus.

[Alyssa Kraszewski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book to read with my 4-year-old! He already asked for another in the series.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son found this in a used bookstore clearance section. He isn't reading on his own yet, but likes longer stories at bedtime and is totally into dinosaurs at the moment.

This story is long enough to be read over several nights but the not so long that he loses interest over time and has a pretty reasonable amount of illustrations for an early chapter book.

Story is pretty formulaic, boys go to cave, meet new dino, have adventure and go back home. The intended audience isn't going to care...it's dinosaurs. Who doesn't want to see living dinosaurs? The idea went over well, because my son saw the covers for the other books in the series on the back and stated we needed to read those stories too.

[Leeldoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Dino loving 4 year old loves Dinosaur cove chapter books. An easy read, lots of dinosaurs to learn about, each book focuses on one type. This book has been my sons favorite in the series thus far. Little readers will learn more about paleontology and various dinosaurs while following the exploits of Tom and Jaime. Along the lines of Magic Tree house, but with more adventure and a bit more focused as each book is on dinosaurs.

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

When the boys go to dinosaur world again, they find an baby ankylosaurus trapped in mud. They try to get it out. How will Tom and Jamie save the baby ankylosaurus?

I really like this book. I like ankylosaurus's a lot. I think having a clubbed tail would be cool. You should read this book.

[Brendan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read in one day.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bryant really likes this series...we've been taking turns reading the pages together.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good read in the series.

[Squirrely G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this with my son, taking turns - good book for beginning readers, and the dinosaurs helped keep him interested.

[Puja Shah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tasmay read the book....found it very funny, in the book there was an Ankylosaurus that got stuck in the mud and the 2 kids Jamie & Tom recused it in a very interesting way.

[Alysha DeShaé · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable and simplistic without being too childish for younger readers.

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[Nele Handwerker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Schöne Idee für Kinder den Einstieg in Echtzeit zu den Dinosauriern zu ermöglichen.

[Killian · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a really weird plan because they thought the baby Anky might not move from the muck.