Lifesize Dinosaurs

Lifesize

by Sophy Henn

Let's go on a LIFESIZE prehistoric adventure!
The second interactive non-fiction adventure from bestselling picture book star, Sophy Henn.

Silver award for LIFESIZE in the Made for Mums Awards 2020
Step into the book to see how YOU measure up against some of the world's most incredible, ginormous, deadly dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. This interactive non-fiction adventure features LIFESIZE illustrations so you can try on a Utahraptor's claw, compare your nostrils with a Diplodocus, see how a Stegosaurus plate would look on your back, wear a Pteranodon's beak, and much, much more. And don't forget to open up the fold-out pages to reveal a LIFESIZE Tyrannosaurus rex mouth that's over a metre long! ROAR!

This huge, playful book is the perfect introduction to dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures for Jurassic World fans and young dinosaur enthusiasts.

Sophy Henn is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator with an MA in Illustration from the University of Brighton. She is the creator of the much-loved Pom Pom series and her book Where Bear? was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Sophy was the World Book Day Illustrator in 2015 and 2016.

Height: 1.75metres (Or almost 6 LIFESIZE books laid end to end!)
How tall in Lifesize books are you?

Genres: Picture Books, Nonfiction, Animals, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Science

32 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2019

About the author

Sophy Henn (www.sophyhenn.com) lives and works in Sussex, England. She studied Fashion at Central Saint Martins, accidentally had a London based career as an Art Director in advertising, then completed an MA at University of Brighton in Illustration. Now she writes and illustrates children's books in her studio, with a large cup of tea by her side, and can't quite believe her luck. WHERE BEAR? is her first book. Follow @sophyhenn.

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

ROAR! Meet some LIFESIZE dinosaurs (or parts of them) in this delightful and fun book!


First up a big big thank you to my hubby for giving me this one for Christmas! I have been eyeing this book ever since I spotted it online where it promoted to have a 1 metre long T-rex mouth on its pages! Now after a few years I could finally see that myself along with many other images.

This book was an absolute delight to read! As the title say it is about Lifesize Dinosaurs. While of course most dinosaurs are a bit too big to be added to the book in Lifesize fashion, there are plenty of other things that are lifesize! Like that claw of a raptor, which was pretty terrifying even for a girl who has read MANY MANY dinosaur books. You would think I know, but for some reason it is still a surprise. 😛 But we also see eggs, a plate from another dinosaur (and then you had to add 12 more plates to get the whole dinosaur which was pretty awesome and yes, I put the pages to my back to see how it would look), and other fun LIFESIZE dinosaur parts. There is all sorts of fun information on dinosaurs and all that lived in those times. It was really interesting to read though I knew all or almost everything. I am glad that most dinosaurs still looked like dinosaurs and not overgrown chickens. Sorry, I am a girl who grew up with dinosaurs being scary reptile-like beings.

The art is also really nicely done! I like the style.

This is my very first 5+ starred read of 2020. My very first read of the year as well. The year is off to a great start! Whoop!

I would highly recommend this book to all who love dinosaurs, this is a book you should add to your collection!

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

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a clever idea, and a great way to give kids a sense of scale. The guide at the end where they measure everything by how many books laid end to end is brilliant. For me, the illustrations were a bit lackluster.

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves it.

[Martha Reitter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so fun and engaging for children to learn about dinosaurs! It gives interesting facts about dinosaurs such as their unique features, habitats, and diet. This book also includes full paged illustrations of lifesized features of dinosaurs such as their beaks, noses, claws, and more. It is a very hands on and interactive book that encourages children to compare the size of their own body parts to that of these dinosaurs' features.

I would love to use this book in a kindergarten classroom. I would first read the book to the students and talk about the concept of size (big and small). I would then do an interactive activity and use the same comparison strategy in the book but have it on a bigger level. I would take my kindergarteners over to the football field and see if they can make the length of a T-Rex (40 feet). How many kindergartners does it take to make a T-Rex? They would have so much fun with this, and it would give them a better idea of really how much bigger dinosaurs are then them.

[Anthony Burt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my goodness, why hasn’t anyone thought of creating an educational picture book with dinosaurs illustrated as life-size before now? Well, thankfully, Sophy Henn has now done so...and what an intriguing and interactive book LIFESIZE Dinosaurs is!

Not only can young readers learn lots of brilliant facts about dinosaurs, reptiles and sea creatures, this picture book is SO BIG that you can actually hold your head up next to it to see just how huuuuuge a T-Rex mouth would have been (by using the quirkily drawn, LIFESIZE illustration of the T-Rex mouth).

All your favourite dinosaurs are in this clever, fun book – you can see how big your feet are compared to a raptor, how big different dino eggs were, and even go nose to nose with a diplodocus. Such a great, engaging book and a great way for little kid to learn!

[Andrew Ives · Rating 5 out of 5]

A large-format paperback book featuring dinosaur eggs, footprints, teeth, claws, faces, all drawn to scale. There is a reasonable amount of accompanying text which is fairly educational, albeit a little overly-colloquial. I like Stegosaurus as much as anyone, but even I wouldn't describe him as a 'snazzy' dinosaur. Tyrannosaurus puts in a starring appearance as the centrefold with his big mouth and teeth which would surely astonish most children. I learned a few things, such as bees being around 100m years ago and quite small, Utahraptor being probably the most intelligent of the dinosaurs and Beibeilong laying weird-shaped eggs. I could see this book clocking up a lot of mileage with many kids, especially after visiting the Natural History Museum or seeing any Jurassic Park film. 4.5/5

[Michelle Deckard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bringing imaginative fun and knowledge of dinosaurs together in a beautifully illustrated book. The kids will have fun comparing the sizes of objects on the pages. The amazingness hits when they open up the pages to see the size of a T-rex mouth!!

[Melissa Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved this book! Very informative, fun and interactive. We enjoyed comparing our feet, teeth and chickens eggs to that of some dinosaurs!

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the pictures

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I shared this in a preschool storytime with kiddos who finished their crafts early. It's not really a readaloud book, but it's very cool to see (even in part) the real size of dinosaurs.

[Kate Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

My soon to be 4 year old loved comparing himself to the dinosaurs in the book. Very inventive the way it demonstrates size perspective!

[Kelly Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the coolest dinosaur books out there!

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much fun!

[emyrose8 · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yep, a Utahraptor's claw is the size of my head and a Diplodocus egg is the size of my torso (and that isn't even the biggest one).

I remember in elementary school my teacher made a string the length of whatever dinosaur and we got to do a little trip outside to see how long it really was. That was a fun day. They need this book to enhance that lesson even more. There are lots of fun facts in this book with comparisons that make it an active learning experience.