Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs (Harry and the Dinosaurs)

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Harry is impressed when he learns that Firemen don't just put out fires, they also rescue people. In fact, he's so impressed that he decides to become a fireman himself - in Dino World! Whilst in training, Harry and the dinos learn all about the importance of good communication and teamwork. Harry takes his blue and red robots into Dino World so that he can continue the battle they were having at home, but without Nana's scorn. When he arrives he finds a spaceship waiting for him which takes him to meet two rangers who are trying to build a space station, but their creation is hindered by their constant quarrelling. By trying to reconcile the rangers, Harry learns that it is far better to be friendly and work as a team than to argue and fight. Harry is finding it difficult to learn to play the violin and is fearful about performing in his school concert so he goes to Dino-World to practice. As he is playing, musical notes come to life around him. When Harry finds he is making many mistakes he decides to quit, at which point the musical notes run away to the jumpin' joint on Piano Hill. Harry and the dinos follow the notes and learn that making music, even when making mistakes, is great fun! I like videos. But I like my dinosaurs better because you can fix then, you can bath them, you can take them to bed. And best of all, you can say their names.'" Harry and his friend Charley play a game of superheroes together. Afterwards when Charley invites Harry to a dance party, he declines, saying "Superheroes are way too busy fighting crime, and saving the planet to dance". The dinos lead Harry on an adventure in Dino World that will prove to him that Superheroes and dancing can be a great fun!

Nana is reading Harry a bedtime fairy story, but decides it is time for Harry to go to sleep before the story is finished. Although Nana promises to finish the story by tomorrow, Harry and the Dinos go to Dino World to invent the ending themselves.

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When Harry is told to tidy his room, he simply transfers all the mess into Dino-world, where he is told there is a 'no tidying up rule'. This results in chaos in Dino-World and Pterence ends up getting lost in all the junk, prompting Harry to tidy Dino-World - and his bedroom. When Harry's first tooth comes out, Harry places it under his pillow and waits for a visit from the legendary Tooth Fairy. But Harry is so eager to meet her that he finds it hard to fall asleep, and so decides to go to Dino World to see if he can save her the trip. Instead of the regular Tooth Fairy the gang manage to discover a Dinotoothfairysaurus, a tooth fairy especially for Dinosaurs! Harry decides he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up, but he can't wait until then so he opens his very own zoo in Dino-World. Harry befriends a young elephant, and with the help of his friends, endeavours to teach it how to trumpet. Harry has a nightmare in which he is chased by a monster, so he goes to Dino-World in an attempt to hide from it. But because the monster is created by Harry's imagination it materializes in Dino-World and terrorizes Harry and the dinos until Harry imagines the monster as harmless and friendly. Harry is frustrated at losing games to Sam, Mom, and Nana, so he visits Dino-World where he makes up many games and wins every time. To find out who is the ultimate winner, the dinos invent a new complicated game, but after the game has taken them on a fun journey all over Dino-World they realise that winning isn't important as long as they are having fun.

Harry is nervous about giving a speech about dinosaurs to his classmates, so he goes to Dino-World to practice, in the hope of gaining confidence. Whilst there, he finds that the annual dinosaur convention is taking place, and Steggy, who is suffering from severe stage fright, is expected to deliver the key-note speech. Steggy and Harry help each other overcome their fears and both deliver triumphant speeches. When Harry is disappointed that none of his wishes come true in the real world, the dinosaurs take him to visit the wishing well in Dino-World where wishes are readily granted. The story ends with Harry wishing he hadn't wished for anything in the first place! After watching a movie about the life of a Cleopatra, the gang go to Dino World to make Patsy Queen. The other dinos grow a little restless, and want to play a game that is a little more interesting and includes treating everyone as equals. Patsy then decides to have a chariot race, and learns that playing with the other dinos is much more fun than being waited on hand and foot. Harry wants to do many things at once so instead of choosing one activity he goes to Dino-World to replicate himself so that he can do them all. The play-doh clones of himself that Harry creates aren't much fun for the dinos to play with. The story ends with Harry learning the value of pacing himself and taking part in one activity at a time.

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Harry goes to Dino-World to learn how to make origami animals. In Dino-World he meets Tatsu the dragon who accidentally burns all of his origami creations every time he breathes. Harry makes a giant origami fan from some blueprint designs created by Tatsu, the fan blows out Tatsu's fire thus enabling him to continue making origami animals. Adrian Reynolds is a hugely talented illustrator who has worked on many picture books, including the wonderful Harry stories and four adventures featuring Pete and Polo. Adrian lives in Cambridge.