Charge of the Triceratops

Dinosaur Cove #2

by Rex Stone

Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs!

The boys return to the dinosaur world looking for adventure. But they get a little more than they bargained for when a herd of triceratops charges right through their lunch! It looks like there's only one way to avoid getting squashed: they'll have to hitch a ride on a dinosaur.

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

80 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2008

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this with Summit. We both enjoyed it and found it to be thrilling! 😂

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

As reviewed by my 7 y.o. son (with some gentle suggestions:

The author did a good job of making the book continue the story about how Jaime and Tom went to the cave and ended up in Dinosaur Cove. The cave made them go back in time about 65 million years ago. I like how in Book #2, the author added a new dinosaur. This time the author added a Triceratops! Jaime and Tom rode the Triceratops to the termite mounds where they got into some trouble. It was a fun-filled book with dinosaurs ("Put a period!" he says as he runs away).

[Melissa Namba · Rating 4 out of 5]

The boys go back to Dinosaur Cove to continue mapping it out. Wanna is adorable and saves their bag when they fall into the river running away from a Triceratops, who is trying to get the termites off of its body. I'd imagine prehistoric termites would be a lot bigger, but maybe not.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I like sandwiches. I did not like this book because I do not like dinosaurs. I also enjoyed this book because the only dinosaurs I kind of like is the triceratops.

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute dinosaur story that my 7 year old son really enjoyed

[Emma Hargrove · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR Test 10 out of 10

[Ζωή Παππά · Rating 3 out of 5]

The kids loved it! And I thought that it was better than the first one.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sehr kurzweilige Geschichten, denen die Kinder leicht folgen können. Sehr mitreißend.

[Nolan Brendel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it because they went to Dinosaur World and found some Triceratops.

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chapter book.

[Danielle Doyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids liked it

[Paula Greenfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful story about two boys and their love for dinosaurs that lead them to a world where dinosaurs still exist. They have wonderful and scary adventures.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute book, a tad repetitive from the first one though. But again the main characters in the book my son and I read were Jamie and Tess. 🤷‍♀️

[Frans Kempe · Rating 4 out of 5]

spännande äventyr i dinoland

[Shankar B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked when Tom and Jamie rode on the triceratops.

[Silver Snapdragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

After gobbling up the first book, I was elated to find out about the second. I was not disappointed! If only I could have heard about the later ones as well. Perhaps I’ll read them too someday even though I’m older :)

[Annalisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love these books for my 5 year old boy that is obsessed with dinosaurs. This is book 2 in the series:

Amazon Product Description: The boys return to the dinosaur world looking for adventure. But they get a little more than they bargained for when a herd of triceratops charges right through their lunch! It looks like there's only one way to avoid getting squashed: they'll have to hitch a ride on a dinosaur.

[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, in this case Triceratops. 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. Great to read a chapter or 2 at bedtime

[Terri Pray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished reading this one to Jack last night. He truly loved it, and is looking forward to book three from the library.

In the Dinosaur Cover series two children find their way back into the past through a cave, and return to the age of the dinosaur's. This time they run into a herd of Triceratops, giant termites and a waterfall.

Ideal chapter book for grades 1-3 for those youngsters who love dinosaurs.

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

When the boys come back to dinosaur world, a herd of triceratops charges right through the boys lunch. They figured out that the safest place is on the dinosaur or they would get trampled. They have a lot of adventures on the triceratops. to know what they are, you have to read the book!

I love this book! The series of dinosaur cove is a good series to learn about dinosaurs.

[Puja Shah]

In this book, Jamie & Tom made a map of dinosaur cove. They found a herd of Triceratops marching & they saw some things that looked like house and wanted to get in there, so they used the triceratops as their hitch ride.
- Tasmay.

[Hanife · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yiğenim için aldım ama kendimi okurken buldum. Tek endişem çocukların ısırılıpta yaraların kocaman şiştiği, irin topladığının söylediği yer korkutmasa iyidir. Bunun dışında bilmeyeceği kelimeler var keza benim bile bilmediğim.

[Kristi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book didn't give any dinosaur facts like I was expecting. The plot was simple enough and exciting enough for Davey to enjoy. The best thing about this book is that it has a map of Dino World. Davey was obessed about the map. Probably will be checking out more of these.
{April 2013 - 4 yrs}

[Liz Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first book of this series that I have read. C and I enjoyed reading it together. It has great end-of-chapter hangers to keep the reader going. It reads a lot like Magic Treehouse books, but much more fluently. A good read-aloud!

[Maria]

Reading this book with Philip

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is along the lines of Magic Treehouse. It was a perfect read aloud for my 1st grader and preschooler.

[Bryan Thomas Schmidt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A better entry than the first book. It seemed a bit less scattered with a more focused plot and used the dinosaurs better to move along the story.

[Tammy Seeber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe I would have liked the book better if I would have started with the first book. I can see how children that like dinosaurs might like the series.

[Alysha DeShaé · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable and simplistic without being too childish for younger readers.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ewan read some and I read some, he loves this series -- I'm going to make him a reader yet!