Owen's Guide to Survival

by Meredith Rusu

A guide from Owen's point of view, all about surviving Jurassic World and being a great dinosaur trainer! This funny guide features dinosaurs, characters, and locations from LEGO(R) Jurassic World, and is narrated by Owen himself. If you're looking to survive (and thrive) in LEGO Jurassic World, then this is the guide for you!

Genres: Childrens

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 24, 2018

About the author

Meredith Rusu lives in New Jersey with her husband and two young sons. She is the author of more than one hundred children’s books, notably There’s a Yeti in my Tummy (the first picture book in the Mighty Moods series), Anna, Elsa, and the Enchanting Holiday, Silenzio, Bruno!, and The DATA Set series under the name Ada Hopper. She has also written for many popular licenses including LEGO, Disney/Pixar, Peppa Pig, and Star Wars. When she isn’t writing, Meredith enjoys singing karaoke, spending time with family, and going on the occasional adventure or two.

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Welcome to (LEGO) Jurassic World, meet Owen who will guide your through the park and all the things you SHOULD and most importantly SHOULDN'T do.

I am a big fan of Jurassic Park/World and a big fan of LEGO. So I just couldn't resist this book when I came across it on Goodreads. I ordered it on Amazon and here it is!

I had so so much fun reading this one, it really captures the Lego and Jurassic World feeling from the games and the movies. And then there is Owen who is just as silly and over the top as he was in the movies. I love Owen and how he isn't afraid to step into a cage with a bunch of raptors (my favourite dinosaurs).

Owen has some fun pop quizzes (believe me, I am not a fan of pop quizzes, hated them when I was in school but these in this book are so much fun), tips on what not to do (including some common sense ones that people just seem to forget when faced with dinosaurs), what dinosaurs will eat you for lunch, hilarious announcements in the park and what they actually mean, and so much more. The book will keep you entertained throughout, there just isn't a boring moment.

I do want to warn people that this book does spoil things from the movie. It should be clear from the book and the blurb, but just in case I will warn you guys.

We also meet various other characters and there are references to the earlier movies. I was so delighted to see those references pop up and have Owen comment on them.

There are fun Lego images all over the book.

All in all, I would recommend this fun book to everyone who is a fan of the franchise, likes Lego, or loves dinosaurs!

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[♠ TABI⁷ ♠]

Look, I know this has been out for over a year and it's not really a big book . . . but I just wanna say that things like this are kinda neat in the publishing industry when you have an established trans author writing for a major company with a book many children are gonna want to read. So I guess if you ever feel discouraged about how tough things are for marginalized authors, just think of this and realize that step-by-ridiculously-slow-step things are changing to include diverse authors regardless of their background, sexuality, or gender.

[Anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Please do not give this person money.

They are currently trying to ruin their ex's life after having abused her for several years of marriage. They are several thousand dollars behind on child support payments as well.

Please read more here: https://www.thepostmillennial.com/a-b...

Here are some excerpts:

“When my son was born in 2014, I had severe pre-eclampsia and injuries from giving birth. I had to have major reconstructive surgery. I was extremely weak and in severe pain,” Russo said.

“Meredith was extremely abusive to me during this time, calling me a ‘feeding station, not a parent’ because breastfeeding my son was one of the only things I could do, and because I was asking [Meredith] to help with things like diapers,” Russo also alleges.

During this same time, Juniper says Stroud would tell her to commit suicide. “[Meredith] kept mocking me when I was in pain, and told me I was so useless as a parent I should just kill myself.”

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this to help with a library program I was putting on. It's hard finding a child-appropriate read-aloud that ties into the Jurassic Park franchise! This one was pretty fun.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was super cute and funny.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

E says "This book was so cool! I loved it."