The Christmasaurus

I bought this book a few years ago for my youngest son. We pull it out every November and read a chapter together each night. It’s a wonderful book that highlights children with disability and hardship in the kindest and most loving way. The rhyming songs by the elves are my favorite part to read. They are slightly difficult, but oh so fun! Looking forward to reading again this year.

Have as a holiday book for the grandchildren. Beautiful book to read before bedtime chapters. Delightful story a beginner reader can read with parent.

Tom Fletcher is a GREAT author! This book is comical! The way it is written is glorious, as if a friend is telling you a story! If you like humor you'll love this book. Caution..... if your child still believes in Santa this may add some new twists to the way you celebrate. My child now leaves out cookies for the deer and the Christmasaurus, and carrots for Santa. LOL

Wonderful story to read during the month of December! My 8 year old daughter really enjoyed listening to this story as a nightly read aloud. The author is very talented and his style is reminiscent of Roald Dahl. We'll definitely be looking into reading his other books as well as the sequel to the Christmasauras come next December.

This is SUCH a great book! It was recommended to us by a friend and I’ve been reading it aloud to my 6.5 and 5 year olds. They LOVE it! They look forward to breakfast each morning when I read to them as they eat (and beg for more chapters through the day). It’s a highlight for them! A well written story, captivating for kiddos, and has some great lessons/talking points for parents (kindness, different abilities, everyone’s uniqueness being special, etc). Would definitely recommend as a gift for reading aloud to early readers or for higher leveled elementary readers👌🏼

Thick chapter book, nicely bound hardcover with line sketches. I bought it for my Grade 2 advanced reader but you could read it to younger children. Watch for it to go on deal and it's a sound purchase.

Her review is: I give this book full marks. It was so good. I really loved that it had a morale to the story and showed you should never bully someone. Everyone should be accepted.

It came used not in a raper or plastic the pages are bent. But the stories are cute the illustration is nice my grandkids enjoy it being read to them and that’s what matters most.

Avec les beaux images, ce livre est parfait pour améliorer les capacités d'écoute de mon fils de 5 ans

An A.I. generated (if it wasn't then shame on the author) by-the-numbers plot featuring a kid in a wheelchair, written by someone who clearly thought they might cash in on the disbled kid thing, but then puts him in "lighthearted comedy" situation in which he's basically bullied (hilarious) - at one point a Guiness Book of records official turns up after he has cream poured over him to declare him the biggest bowl of cereal ever - not a developed part of the story, just a single line added to make the humiliation "funny". Try this choice paragraph for size: "Their teacher Mr Dribblepot, had just popped out to the loo, and as Brenda never missed an opportunity to make William's life feel miserable, as soon as the door clicked shut, a shiny black stapler flew across the classroom, straight at william's head! William tried to block it with his exercise book, but the force of the throw was so strong that the book smacked hium straight in the face and the stapler stapled it to his forehead!" A delightfully whimsical illustration punctuates this moment of comedy genius. The kid called William get's called "Willy" and "Willy-poos" and "wheely William" to much hilarity, which caused my own disabled son William quite a bit of discomfort, as he's never been bullied over his name - thanks, "socially aware" book for essentually bullying my son... A little sample of the imaginative lengths the author goes to, to make disabled kids feel welcome - instead of "...they would sing hurtful songs at him...", no, the author decides to invent an entire 3- verse bullying song for our enjoyment - here's the third couplet for the edification of no-one, but hopefully your information: Wheely William sitting in a chair, Wheely William rolls everywhere! He can't do jumps! He can't even stand! To go upstairs He uses a ramp! Oh, and that's just a glimpse at the quality of the poetry that happens every other page. The Elves are consumate song-writers who only speak in "rhyme": "Santa come quick! Santa! Come help! This egg is too heavy For the North Pole elves!" Right. Meanwhile, Rohald Dahl's and Enid Blyton's classics have to be sanitised for a modern audience, but this drivel? No, this is fine because it features a boy in a wheelchair. Give me a break.

Un libro que tenía muchas ganas de tener entre mis manos y después de mirarlo una y otra vez... no me arrepiento de la compra, porque es preciosa, sin más. Tengo muchas ganas de leerlo, espero hacerlo pronto. ¡Y el envío fue bastante rápido!

Consegna nei tempi. Storia molto carina e tenera che racconta di un bambino con bisogni speciali. Ottimo come regalo di natale per bambini.

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher is about the young boy William Trundle who loves Dinosaurs like nothing else in the world. His father Mr Bob Trundle does the same with Christmas. For Christmas William wants a Dinosaur and Santa gets him a very special one. Lots of adventures to come! Even though The Christmasaurus is for young readers I totally enjoyed reading it! It's such a nice Christmas story! I loved the way all the elves on the North Pole talked! Tom did a good job with his rhymes. I fell so in love with the elves and their names! They are so nice little creatures. Also Santa is such a nice guy! He is described in such a lovely way so you just must to fall in love with him. I love that he is not exactly the Santa everyone thinks about. Tom kind of made him new. The description of the North Pole is wonderful! There is everything you can dream of. I have to admit I fell in love with Mr Trundle! He loves Christmas with all his heart and tells his son stories about Santa and the North Pole and he has such a good heart! His son William is also a really nice boy. He is always friendly and helpful. Our special dinosaur, the Christmasaurus is very magical! How Tom described him he must look so beautiful and magical. I just love that there were a lot of illustrations in the book so you know exactly how the characters and the North Pole looked like! This book brought festive cheer to me and I really loved reading it and think it is a wonderful Christmas story! It's not only for young readers but for everyone! Merry Christmas! ❄