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Dinosaurs Before Dark

Mary Pope Osborne (1992-07-28)

Subgenre
Age groupChildren 5-8
Content ratingG
Pages82 (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age6

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Animal Death

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age Heroine

Synopsis

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. ---------- ###German-language description: Ein Baumhaus mitten im Wald, wie aufregend! Neugierig klettern Anne und Philipp die Strickleiter hinauf. Wem es wohl gehört? Doch plötzlich beginnt das Baumhaus, sich wild zu drehen. Immer schneller und schneller. Als die Kinder aus dem Fenster sehen, trauen sie ihren Augen kaum: Sie sind durch die Zeit gereist – und mitten im Tal der Dinosaurier gelandet!

Tags

Chapter BookEducational FictionTime Travel FantasyHistorical Adventure

Is Dinosaurs Before Dark appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 6 and up.

Jack and Annie travel back to the age of dinosaurs in a magical treehouse. Very mild peril involving dinosaurs, but no graphic violence or scary content beyond age-appropriate prehistoric adventure.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include animal death.

Who'll love this

Kids who love dinosaurs will be thrilled to follow Jack and Annie on their time-traveling adventure to see real prehistoric creatures.