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Microsaurs #2
Microsaurs: Tiny-Raptor Pack Attack
WATCH OUT FOR TINY DINOSAURS!!!
Danny and Lin are expert secret keepers. They're brave, smart, and maybe a little bit crazy. Which, as it turns out, is exactly what you need to be to take care of a rare collection of hungry, curious, extra-tiny dinosaurs.
But when their friend Professor Penrod sends them a mysterious package filled with toothy, scratchy microsaurs hungry enough to chew through walls, along with a very large microsaur egg, even the bravest adventurers might find themselves outnumbered and in over their head.
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids meets Jurassic Park in this fabulous illustrated chapter book series by Dustin Hansen.
Danny and Lin are expert secret keepers. They're brave, smart, and maybe a little bit crazy. Which, as it turns out, is exactly what you need to be to take care of a rare collection of hungry, curious, extra-tiny dinosaurs.
But when their friend Professor Penrod sends them a mysterious package filled with toothy, scratchy microsaurs hungry enough to chew through walls, along with a very large microsaur egg, even the bravest adventurers might find themselves outnumbered and in over their head.
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids meets Jurassic Park in this fabulous illustrated chapter book series by Dustin Hansen.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published July 18, 2017
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About the author
Dustin Hansen
35 books82 followersDustin was raised in rural Utah, where his imagination was his most constant companion. A reader, artist, and gamer from an early age, Dustin was encouraged to mine his talents, follow his passions, and find the fun in everyday life.
Dustin studied art in college, and entered the exciting world of video game development in 1994. His career has taken him and his family from coast to coast, but he always considered the small town he grew up in, Ephraim, Utah, his true home.
After spending a year as a director at Habro, Dustin, his wife, and four kids moved back to Ephraim, where he lives today in the shadows of a fine mountain, writes books about video games and dinosaurs, and takes long walks with his dog, Rusty.
Oh, and he loves the Utah Jazz, but that's another story all together.
Dustin studied art in college, and entered the exciting world of video game development in 1994. His career has taken him and his family from coast to coast, but he always considered the small town he grew up in, Ephraim, Utah, his true home.
After spending a year as a director at Habro, Dustin, his wife, and four kids moved back to Ephraim, where he lives today in the shadows of a fine mountain, writes books about video games and dinosaurs, and takes long walks with his dog, Rusty.
Oh, and he loves the Utah Jazz, but that's another story all together.
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December 7, 2017
Another crazy fun adventure with the kids and the mini dinosaurs. This time it is ovaraptors/ I liked this book. It's fun. My son reads it then keeps going back to the books. I am sure the next one will be on our shelves as well.
January 29, 2018
Hansen, Dustin Microsaurs: Tiny Raptor Pack Attack, 226 pages. Macmillan (Feiwel and Friends), 2017. $14. Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
Danny and Lin continue their adventures with tiny dinosaurs in this second book in the microsaur series. After losing a remote-control dune buggy race to Icky Vicky Van-Varbles, Danny and Lin get a call from Professor Penrod asking them to receive a package at the Microterium. Shrinking themselves down to micro size, they open the package to discover a pack of tiny raptors and an egg. With some help from their other microsaur friends and a few frozen corn dogs, they try to keep the hungry raptors from eating the mysterious egg while still making it back that afternoon for their re-match with Icky Vicky.
While not strong enough to be a stand-alone book, with two more books scheduled for release in 2018, this would be worthwhile for libraries that plan to collect the whole series. Libraries that want to add to their collection of Utah authors might also be interested in this series. Children who like dinosaurs and tinkering with mechanical cars will most likely be entertained by Danny and Lin’s adventures. The plot and characters are pretty simple which keeps the grade level probably at second through fourth, maybe fifth grade.
EL (K-3), EL - OPTIONAL. LMA, future elementary school teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...
Danny and Lin continue their adventures with tiny dinosaurs in this second book in the microsaur series. After losing a remote-control dune buggy race to Icky Vicky Van-Varbles, Danny and Lin get a call from Professor Penrod asking them to receive a package at the Microterium. Shrinking themselves down to micro size, they open the package to discover a pack of tiny raptors and an egg. With some help from their other microsaur friends and a few frozen corn dogs, they try to keep the hungry raptors from eating the mysterious egg while still making it back that afternoon for their re-match with Icky Vicky.
While not strong enough to be a stand-alone book, with two more books scheduled for release in 2018, this would be worthwhile for libraries that plan to collect the whole series. Libraries that want to add to their collection of Utah authors might also be interested in this series. Children who like dinosaurs and tinkering with mechanical cars will most likely be entertained by Danny and Lin’s adventures. The plot and characters are pretty simple which keeps the grade level probably at second through fourth, maybe fifth grade.
EL (K-3), EL - OPTIONAL. LMA, future elementary school teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...
January 5, 2019
Exciting, funny, full of action, adventure, STEM, Making and science, this is a short chapter book that packs enough engaging elements to please many readers' interests! Danny and Lin are best friends and they make a great team for so many things: Modified RC Car Racing, inventing, adventures, giving each other courage, collaborating to solve problems under pressure, and helping Professor Penrod keep the Microterium for Microsaurs (a Professor Penrod discovery) a secret and also caring for the rescued micro-dinosaurs living there. To understand the background of the Microterium, the Microsaurs, and the relationship between the professor, Danny and Lin, it is necessary to read Book 1, but to follow along this adventure it is not a requirement. The action is fast paced, the science believable, and the adventure one most readers would love to go on or at least read about! Text is enhanced with illustrations every 2-3 pages. As a bonus the author includes factual information on the dinosaur featured in the book. There is one action by the otherwise awesome characters, Lin and Danny, that gave me pause; they nickname their obnoxious, rich, cheating classmate Vicky, "Icky Vicky", if the situation presented itself I would ask readers their thoughts on this and what other ways could they communicate to Vicky that her behavior is unacceptable in a classmate or friend. This is the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.
June 16, 2017
Rounding up to 3 because some kids who are less interested in learning about dinosaurs and more in the competitive breaking things and adventure bits might like it. As an adult, there isn't much there there!
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