A review by claudiadcd
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time by James Gurney

4.0

A beautiful, peaceful, inquiring world I wish I could enter. Beautiful illustrations that could tell the story on their own but also be hung up on a gallery wall. But the beauty isn't the important part. It's the universe that provokes you to interact with it. To ask yourself how you would fit in with this peaceful land, this cooperative society. Great for the scientific mind that wants the details of a newly created universe and the practicalities of living with dinosaurs. If your child likes dinosaurs and you want them to, first let them visit the top floor of the Museum of Natural History, then get them this book and let them pour over it for days. Let them build their own diagrams, they're own houses and equipment for their favorite dinosaur, let them learn by exploring and using their imagination, as learning should be. And do it yourself so you can remember how much fun it is to learn. We should never stop anyway.