Bookshelf Must-Have:
The Dinosaur Disaster

by the Brightly Editors

Illustration: popmarleo, iStock

Welcome to our new Bookshelf Must-Have series where we recommend a single book that we think is so spectacular it deserves a place on your family’s bookshelf. We hope our road-tested recommendations will help you spend less time browsing for your family’s next great read and more time, well, reading! Our first pick, The Dinosaur Disaster, is a standout adventure set in a school that’s as exciting as it is clever.

  • Why you need The Dinosaur Disaster:

  • What if your school’s pet was a robotic dinosaur? And your teacher a mad scientist named Dr. Cosmic? A humorous and info-filled graphic novel with an exciting story, The Dinosaur Disaster will be one to read again and again. Breezy fun facts and clever illustrations give this a comic book feel that will engage your budding scientist. Light, smart, and entertaining, this volume from the Mad Scientist Academy series is a fun adventure for kids ages 5 – 8 and their parents.

    “Dr. Cosmic is plainly a colleague of Ms. Frizzle, and the mix of pithy banter, tumultuous field-trip mishaps, and science fact is as familiar as it is winning. Fans of the Frizz will be dino-delighted. Mad fun.” —Starred Kirkus review

  • Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster

    by Matthew McElligott

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