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One of the highlights of the holiday was the boy’s discovery of the excellent Astrosaurs books by Steve Cole. We had wandered into a bookshop in Oban which had a special offer on 3 for 2 so we all got a book each, and the boys were taken in by the picture of space-suit clad dinosaurs - I mean what could be better for a 5 year old boy?

It soon became a feature of each evening for Mum to read a couple of chapters once they were zipped into their sleeping bags, and I must admit the audience often consisted of 3 boys…. The books follow the adventures of Captain Teggs and the crew of the DSS Sauropod as they travel the galaxy fighting evil (mainly Mammoths) wherever they find it. How? Well, you see the dinosaurs didn’t all get wiped out by a meteor strike millions of years ago, as they had developed space teavel and most had already left…..

They really are excellent books (any resemblance to Star Trek is completely coincidental) and are the first ‘real’ books (More words than pictures) that the boys have latched onto, and they’ve spent hours leafing through them and beginning to read them. They even went back the the shop and spent the rest of their holiday money on more.

If you know of any 5+ kids who like dinosaurs (probably most of them!) they’ll love these books. They even have their own Astrosaurs website, which also features the new CIA series (Cows In Action)……

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