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Summary: Different from most dinosaur books
Review: Dinotopia is different from most books about dinosaurs. It has good messages and shows the culture of the dinosaurs. It has great illustrations which add more detail to the writing, especially pictures where Will is flying on the Skybax. I recommend this book.
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Summary: Old Concept, interesting new twist
Review: Dinotopia is not an average book on dinosaur/human relations. There have been many portrayals of humans interacting with dinosaurs on television, movies and other literature, but Dinotopia took a different approach. The book is actually portrayed as a lost sketchbook/journal that was discovered and is now being unveiled to the reader. Accompanying this very classy introduction to the book are numerous fabulous sketches of the world of Dinotopia. The story, though ordinary in nature, takes off in an amazing journey that tests the imagination of even the most seasoned reader. It is just a really impressive and wonderful book. Readers of all ages can enjoy Dinotopia and get caught up in the fantasy that Gurney has created. This is a very good book to help educate younger children as well as entertain their parents. It is a very interesting layout that built upon the success of the past and added a new dimension to create a whole new world. Don't miss out one of the adventures of a lifetime.
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Summary: The Best Story that Exists
Review: DinoTopia is one of the greatest dino stories I ever read. Could anyone answer me if this place really exists?
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Summary: An unforgettable world!
Review: Dinotopia is the creation of a world where dinosaurs and man work as a team. Yes, that sounds corny to anyone who hasn't read any of the Dinotopia books. At least, that's what I thought when a friend recommended that I read them. Normally, I'm not into fantasy and/or fiction books, but this one definitely grabbed my attention and kept it. When an author is THIS good at creating a complete world no one has ever seen and convincing ME that perhaps it actually DOES exist somewhere....well, then that author is a "master." Way to go!
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Summary: By far the best of the books
Review: Dinotopia is the first of the Dinotopia series. Although it has a loose plot, it's mostly a mock-National Geographic style travelogue account of an island populated by both humans and dinosaurs. Buy the book for the beautifully detailed illustrations.
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Summary: Beautiful artwork...an adventure story with social messages
Review: Dinotopia will appeal to different age groups for different reasons. Very young children (especially those interested in dinosaurs) will understand little of the story, but will appreciate the multitude of dinosaur pictures. You can 'read' this book to a very young child by simply commenting on each page's pictures. Slightly older children will begin to be engaged by the story...an adventure tale, presented as if the book were a lost journal that has been recovered. Youth and adults can appreciate the story's deeper messages about peace and simplicity of living, and the beautiful artwork...far beyond the typical illustrations in a children's book, both in quantity and quality.
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Summary: A realistic depiction of a not-so-real setting
Review: Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time is written as a journal of a man and his son who accidentally land on an unknown island when their boat is damaged. It takes place during the 19th century. This island, though, is inhabited by both humans and dinosaurs, living peaceably. The way it is written is what kept me reading. It seems like reading an old, lost journal, copmplete with sketches and pressed leaves. I highly recommend this realistically portrayed work.
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Summary: Explore the mystery of "A Land Apart From Time"
Review: For centuries, mankind's facination with the mystery and majesty of dinosaurs has driven us to search, to imagine, and to dream. Dinotopia is a chance for young and old to travel to another world, a world where man and dinosaur live together in peaceful coexistance. Breathtaking paintings from the hand of James Gurney offer a visual experience full of wonder and life. From the awesome power of Waterfall City to the remote hights of the Tentpole of the Sky, Gurney has created a journey for the imagination, cleverly interwoven with an intruiging story. "Breath deep, Seek peace" and enter the amazing world of Dinotopia
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Summary: it's the greatest
Review: From the very first moment I picked this book up, I could see
that it was something special. Immediately I was enchanted
with the beautiful art and the amount of creativity that must
have went into a project of this magnitude. The world of Dinotopia is itself complete, albeit apolitical, and the reader
(you) is at once immersed into a land of wonder. I had to restrain myself in order to read the book without automatically
tuning to see the next page's paintings-that's how thrilling it is. Anyone who reads this book and gets anything out of
it (I mean, learns anything fron it) will be a better person
because of it. No kidding. But be forewarned: If you buy this book as bought as a gift, do not sit down to browse through it; if you do, there is a large chance that you will have to buy a new gift-you will probably keep this one
for yourself.
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Summary: Dinotopia (original version)
Review: Great concept, my grandson loves having it read to him. However, even he noticed something a bit strange: The dinosaurs haven't evolved further in the last 100-65 million years. They look exactly like their fossil records. Minor point, but it would have worked better at more levels to show an evolved race as well as the 'legacy' models so to speak.
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