Australian Dinosaurs by: Marilyn Pride

Australian Dinosaurs was definitely not the type of book I thought it would be when I looked at the cover. I expected it to go through the dinosaurs and give pictures and brief descriptions and characteristics. Instead it was extremely in depth and gave a wealth of information about each dinosaur to the point where it was overwhelming. To be perfectly honest after I read about half of the book I had to put it away because the amount of information they gave was just too much, and if it was too much for me I can imagine it would be too much for the 7-11 recommended age group the book was intended for. Also the language used was hard to understand and some of the words were hard for me to pronounce or comprehend so I doubt a seven year old would be able to get through much of the book. It would perhaps work as a read along but I still feel that the amount of information given is too vast for a child to understand fully. The pictures are nice but the font is so small that it makes the length of it overwhelming. If you want to go strictly on volume of information I guess it is good but other than that this is not a book I would read to a child or have them attempt to read on their own.