Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Ian Whybrow. Random House (NY), $14.95 (22pp) ISBN 978-0-375-82541-5

In Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow, illus. by Adrian Reynolds, Harry finds a dusty box of toy dinosaurs in Gran's attic. He cleans them, fixes them up and calls each by name: Scelidosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and more. Humorous illustrations show the dinosaurs coming to life for Harry in this charming story, originally published in 1999 under the title Sammy and the Dinosaurs.

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