Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School - Books - Living Paintings

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Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School

Written by Ian Whybrow
Illustrated by Adrian Reynolds

Suitable for: 0-5 years, 5-7 years (Key stage 1)

Available braille grades: Grade 1, Grade 2

It’s Harry’s first day at school. He and his dinosaurs are very excited and perhaps a little bit nervous. But when Harry’s dinosaur friends don’t join him in the classroom, Harry’s not so sure he’s going to like school, but the dinosaurs come to the rescue and Harry and his new friend learn just how much fun school can really be! The ideal book to prevent first-day-at-school nerves.

Read by Dr Dean Lomax

 

 


Listen to an audio clip

My name's Dr Dean Lomax. I’m a palaeontologist. This means I study dinosaurs. I dig for dinosaurs, study them, read and write about them. This story is about Harry - and what happens when he takes his bucketful of dinosaurs to school. Now let’s meet Harry’s dinosaur which is peeking out of the top of a bucket on the right side of the page! This double page is filled with dinosaurs! There are seven different species in lots of different colours. Dinosaurs have very long names. Maybe you’ve heard of some of them before like Tyrannosaurus (TY-RAN-O-SAW-US), Stegosaurus (STEG-O-SAW-US), Triceratops (TRI-SER-A-TOPS) and a flying reptile called a Pterodactyl (TER-RUH-DAK-TIL). This double page picture shows a close up of Harry and Digger Boy with the bucket of dinosaurs in between them. Harry is proudly pointing towards the dinosaurs, who have now sprung to life! They are wiggling and squiggling with their mouths wide open, full of mischief! Digger Boy is looking into the bucket cautiously, still holding onto his digger. Maybe he hasn’t met any dinosaurs before!


What's inside

  • A picture book with braille pages and painted, raised tactile images.
  • Audio descriptions with music and sound effects on CD, and USB if you have chosen this format. The audio description is also available to stream from your online account for the duration of the loan.
  • An ‘Articles for the Blind’ returns label for the free and convenient return of the box.

Touch to see image list

Harry & Dino in Bucket

Digger Boy & Stegosaurus

3 x Dinosaurs

Donated by: Focus Foundation

What our members say

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A Lovely Story! A lovely story which shows us how sharing toys can help us to make friends. My son's favourite part was when the dinosaurs said "RAAH!" Parent
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