Missing Treasure!

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

by Giles Andreae, Russell Ayto

SHIVER ME TIMBERS! The treasure of pirate Rufus Rumblebelly has disappeared form the museum!

Luckily, captain Flinn eagerly takes the helm and heads to Bag o' Bones Island. . .only to be met by a rogue gang of pirate dinosaurs with swords at the ready! Flinn and his friends may be able to triumph, but are they prepared to face the fierce, frightening, and most terrifying-looking pirate GIGANOTOSAURUS?

Climb aboard for this rambunctious follow-up to the successful Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs!

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Pirates, Childrens, Humor

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2007

About the author

Giles Andreae is the author of several children's books, including the best-selling Giraffes Can't Dance, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. He is the creator of Purple Ronnie, one of the most successfully licensed cartoon characters in his native England.

Giles lives with his wife and three children in Notting Hill, England.

Reviews

[Deviki · Rating 5 out of 5]

The youngest of the two nieces was eager to read this book, so she quickly ate her breakfast and ran to get this book for me to read it to her. The eldest too joined us very quickly.

I started reading the story with voice imitations and pointing out quirky artwork for them to participate in the read-along. Asking them to point out all the protagonists in the book one by one.

I was lucky that both of them are into dinosaurs, so they knew some of the names mentioned in the book. I only needed to explain that Giganotosaurus is bigger than T. rex by using the Ice Age movie as a reference where Buck fights a bigger type of T. rex.(Yes, I'm aware that Rudy is not a giganotosaurus—but the kids don't know that ...haha.)

It was fun changing my voice from character to character, but I did struggle to keep my voice deep and scared for Giganotosaurus LOL. This book was fun, and I loved pointing out the artwork as I read the book with them.

It was jolly fun to read Flinn's very British and kiddish curses!! I also discovered I am bad at making up sing-song tunes for the pirates, LOL.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I'm reading these all out of order. Flinn goes on a field trip with his class, and the tour guide says there is treasure missing. Flinn and his friends go to "Narnia" again and find the pirate who borrowed the treasure, but there is more to the story! I like the artwork in this series.

[Anoush · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pure fun. And: There's a game board on the back cover!

[Readergirl77 · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you go wrong with pirates, dinosaurs, and treasure? Nathan loved it.

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hilarious book combining two of my favourite things: Pirates and Dinosaurs. The adventure was great fun, and I quite liked the characters. The art was also pretty decent.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flinn is going to the dinosaur bone museum on a school field trip and is very excited. Not only are their dinosaur bones there, but he also learns they museum had some pirate treasure (too!). Only, the treasure has been stolen! This launches the adventure for Flinn and his classmates. They slip through a cupboard into the realm of dinosaurs, pirates, and dinosaur pirates.

Very fun, kooky illustrations.

[Tobinsfavorite · Rating 3 out of 5]

My kids loved this book. I liked it OK. I did not like reading it repeatedly because of the repetitions of the unpleasant word "Gurgleguts", but "giganatosaurus" was pretty good, and reading the giganatosaurus screaming like a little girl was entertaining and fun. On the other hand, our toddler has been running around chanting, "Gurgleguts, Gurgleguts!" off and on for weeks.

[Alexandria · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book has a cute theme and the art style is fantastic. But the story was ho-hum, even for the three year old I was reading it to.

It is an interesting book to open up explanations about dinosaurs, or about pirates. It would also be a cute book to read the night before a child's first trip to a museum. But as a general reading book, it's so-so.

[Kerry Hogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

my guys absolutely loved this book. We got it from the library and they read it every day at LEAST once a day until we had to return it. The artwork is fun and quirky and the story is a silly one about pirates and dinosaurs.

[Miekka · Rating 2 out of 5]

We didn't really enjoy this book, it was a little bit too unbelievable and my kids aren't really in to dinosaurs, but they love pirates. My three year old was actually a little freaked out by the book. 5 years and up.

[Mhm Storytelling · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would work with the theme of pirates, dinosaurs, or museums. As red flags, this book is long, the illustrations are not great, and the story is not very engaging. There is not very much opportunity for audience participation. This story is not really worth reading.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

My little boys and I had a great time reading through this! Go find it!

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's pirates. It's dinosaurs. What more do you need? I'd like it to be shorter for a storytime, but your older preschoolers and kindergarteners will love it.

[Shelby Isaacson · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have a little boy you must get this book! It is so fun to read!

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is just as good if not even better than the first one. My son is nearly 4 and he loves them both.

[Lana · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was pretty blah.The only part my toddler cared about was that there were dinosaurs at the end.

[Jacinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another favourite!!!

[Ruth · Rating 2 out of 5]

My son put this one back in the library bag after one reading. Nothing fantastic to it.

[Rachel Rouleau · Rating 2 out of 5]

Might be fun for a kid who is super into dinos and pirates but it seemed a little too all over the place for me. Too long.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good sitting-on-moms-lap read aloud for kids who really love pirates and dinosaurs!

[Juli · Rating 5 out of 5]

my son absolutely loved this story! Fun for all.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great illlustrations

[Magila · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Terry]

Read. Not reviewed.