My 7 year old read this and really enjoyed it. It was the perfect length for independent reading, with an excellentmix of excitingstory, dinosaur facts, and nicely broken up with illustrations, allowing him to feel happy and confident in his reading. My older children had previously read the dinosaur cove series and it's important to note that it is a reworking of the same book so make sure you haven't already got the originals. As a parent I definitely appreciated the changes to the text that made it more diverse, and that made it a big improvement.

I'd recommend this to anyone with 6-9 year old dinosaur keen children, who are looking to read their first chapter books.

*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC*

Well this left quite an odd feeling – not from any fault of its own, but I reviewed the first book in this series donkeys years ago, when it first came out in 2008. Back then it was called the "Dinosaur Cove" series, based on the location; I don't think Jamie's tablet had connectivity and therefore the whole 'Club' of people replying to his online posts (from prehistory, don't forget) didn't need to exist; and Tess here was back then called Tom, making it quite the boy's own adventure series. Oh, and Jamie was white.

This first sequel to the T rex one then is more of the same – the friends zap themselves through a cave into prehistory, find the most pet-like reptile they could find, and see what's what – which here includes riding a juvenile Triceratops, disturbing a termite city, and going over a waterfall. Narratively it's not really the most coherent book, especially with the Triceratops going so close to where they don't want to be, just because, but some of the original flaws (and those were flaws only for the adults checking this out) have gone. The tablet was too pat, and here its use is much smaller, and the whole isn't so boyish, even if the artwork seems to show Tess in full-on simper mode a few times. What this all means is that a perfectly serviceable lark for young readers has been refreshed for a more current audience, and has only benefited through it. I recommended the first one back then, and I have to assume I'd recommend all six(?) of them now as well – a strong four stars.