Dino Quest: The Trouble with Tyrannosaurs

What If Knights Rode Dinosaurs?

by Ian Billings

Narrated by Ian Billings

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Book 1 of Dino Quest

Pub Date 1 Jan 2025 | Archive Date 31 Dec 2024

Children's Fiction | Middle Grade

Description

Meet Moss, an apprentice dino-dung shoveler working in Primordia's royal stables. He couldn't be any further down the pecking order without being underground - and he'll certainly never get a chance to be a knight like his hero, Sir Brutus Fallsword.

But fate takes a twist when Moss discovers that he has a gift for speaking to dinosaurs. He is suddenly and unexpectedly enlisted into training a truly fearsome beast - the huge and mighty Tyrannosaurus rex belonging to the king's own daughter, Princess Opal!

When a treacherous knight launches a coup against the king, the castle descends into chaos. Can Moss and Opal - along with a ragged band of outlaw warriors - hope to save the Kingdom? Or will they be added to the dino-dung-pile?

Find out in this first book in the Dino-Quest series!

JOIN THE QUEST! Medieval fantasy collides with prehistoric peril in the Dino-Quest series, packed with action, drama, and laugh-out-loud humour. Perfect for young adventurers aged 7+.

Available Editions

EDITION	Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN	9781398846357
PRICE	£4.99 (GBP)
DURATION	1 Hours, 59 Minutes

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Peter T, Educator

Superb, audiobook for children, young teens and all the adults that have no choice to listen along. (The adults will find plenty to amuse them.) The narrator is very entertaining. The story is fun. So download and plug the children in for a fun story. Thank you to Arcturus Digital Audio and NetGalley for the audio ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

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Sonja C, Reviewer

🎧Audio Book Review🎧

Dino Quest - The Trouble With Tyrannosaurs
By - Ian Billings

Illustrated By - Daniel Duncan

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This was a brilliant quick read for me - aimed at the younger reader, I had a lot of fun reading this one.

This will be the first book in this new Dino Quest series and I believe that there are already other books ready for release over the coming year.

In this book we're introduced to this new world and the main characters, Moss - an apprentice dino-dung shoveller and of course Princess Opal - the King's daughter.

This is such a great world which combines all the excitement of dinosaurs with all the adventure of knights!
With a little nod to the knights of the round table, we go on a fun adventure with the characters as a new dinosaur is introduced to the castle and the knights all start to revolt!

I loved the humour in this - mostly poop related! - which the younger ones will no doubt find hilarious!
I know when mine were younger, they'd be forever giggling through books like this!

The writing style was engaging and fast-paced and I loved that the chapters led you on to read more, but also we're short enough for the younger reader to spread out over quite a few sittings without getting too overwhelmed.

This would be fab for the more confident reader to sit alone at quiet time - but would also make a brilliant bedtime (or even class) Read-Aloud story too.

I really enjoyed when the author narrates their own book as they can really get their original ideas across beautifully and that's what I found here.
The characters really stood out, the jokes were perfectly timed and their enthusiasm makes this a great read for any car journey.

A perfect series starter and I really hope to follow this series on over the next few books.

💕Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my ARC copy - this is my honest review 💕