I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

So I am a big big fan of Philip Buntings books (see my reviews for World’s Most Atrocious Animals: Or Are They?, and World’s Most Pointless Animals: Or Are They? , World’s Most Ridiculous Animals. So when I spotted this one on Edelweiss I just had to get it! I just couldn’t resist. More silliness and fun facts and this time about one of my favourite topics, Dinosaurs!!

Before the book starts we get an introduction in bones/how they looked/how to use the book (all the different terminology you will encounter along with all the rest). I appreciate that Philip Bunting not just showed the dinosaurs I grew up with, but also the ones you see more and more off, the bird-like/feathery ones. Plus, one silly one that looked like a T-rex going to a costume party.

And after that the book starts for real starting with the Triassic Period. Each page features several critters (though there are also pages with just one critter). Each one has a fun illustration (along with some text some that are serious but a lot made me laugh so hard, like not to call Thrinaxodon whiskers or with Pegomastax: when you stand on a Lego Brick), a small description, explanation of their name, some facts and sizes. I really had a lot of fun reading, the short format and the fun illustrations along with the humour make the readability very high and you just want to keep reading. I think my favourite section would be the first one. I know a lot about the other periods but not that much about the Triassic Period, most books just focus on the other periods.

I want to say that I appreciate the huge variety of dinosaurs in this book. I read a whole lot of books about them, or well I used to, and often with books like this they pick a small selection, often a lot of the popular dinosaurs (Stegosaurus/T-Rex/Velociraptor, and that stuff), but Philip Bunting really stuffed this book to the brim + selected some interesting dinosaurs not often featured and I can only applaud.

The illustrations? As always they were fab! I love the colours, I love the way the dinosaurs were drawn.

All in all, if you want a dinosaur book that is a bit more different than normal, don’t get this book if you want to see T-rexes or other super popular dinosaurs, featuring a lot of weird dinosaurs and tons of humour, get this book!