Dilly: The Worst Day Ever

Despite this being the fifth book in the series, I had never met Dilly 'the world's naughtiest dinosaur' before. It seems that I've been missing something because Dilly went down very well with my children. Written in a pleasantly friendly, first-person style (ostensibly by Dilly's big sister), each story forms one chapter of a big print paperback just right for independent readers gaining stamina or for reading aloud to younger children. Dilly is really anyone's three-year-old brother but the inclusion of exotic dinosaur cultural details such as swamp wallowing lessons, or waiting for Dino Claus to come, adds a nice joke to the familiar naughtiness of the character. Very easy to read or to read aloud, I can recommend this book for any six to seven-year-old.