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

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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. Charley is having a sleepover and has invited Harry, however, Charley's Mom says he is only allowed to bring one of the dinos with him. Harry finds is very difficult to choose so as a final solution, Harry invites Charley to a sleepover at his house instead - problem solved! Harry is playing his favourite computer game when he accidentally loses Mom's latest report for her newspaper. With the help of a computer mouse in Dino-World he embarks on a journey to the computers recycle bin in an attempt to retrieve it before it is lost forever. When helping Nan clear out the attic, Harry comes across a box of toy dinosaurs. He fixes them, cleans them and finds out all of their names (great for children obsessed with dinosaurs as all the names of them are in here!). Harry takes them shopping, to the beach, in the bath and to bed. Everywhere he goes, they are also. When Harry accidentally leaves them on a train, he learns that videos and TV can't replace the fun and friendship he had with his dinosaurs.

When Harry and the Dinos learn that groups of stars make pictures called constellations, they decide to investigate further! Space Captain Harry and his Dino crew boldly go where no dino has gone before: Dino World!Harry finds some dusty plastic dinosaurs in Nan's attic. He cleans them, finds out their names and takes them everywhere - until, one day, the dinosaurs get lost! At home, Harry is pretending to be a Super Hero, but his efforts to help his family only cause more problems, so he goes to Dino-World where he can be a real Super Hero thanks to the super-hero qualities displayed by each of his dinos! When he finds his Mom's missing car keys Harry becomes a true Super Hero in her eyes. 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. 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. Harry decides he wants to be an inventor and takes a trip to Dinoworld in search of inspiration. Making sure they're kitted out with lab coats and have all the tools of the trade, Harry and the Dinos set about working on their new inventions. The inventors toil away on their projects, but their inventions don't always turn out as they planned... Remembering Mom's advice that the best inventions always help in some way, Harry learns that sometimes less is more!

It's snowing and some of Harry's neighbours are moving house. Harry and Charley love the idea of being removals' men and, along with the Dinos, decide to go to Dino World to see if anyone needs the assistance of Harry's Moving Crew. They arrive just in time to help Mr Snow who is moving down the hill to a brand new igloo. Mr Snow's mischievous penguin friends also lend a hand to ensure the move goes as smoothly as possible...! Charley wants to go to the circus but her Mom is unable to take her. As a solution, Harry and the dinos create a make-believe circus in Harry's garden for Charley. Trouble is, next-door's cat isn't a very realistic lion, so the gang head to Dino World to join a real circus! 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! Harry finds some dusty plastic dinosaurs in Nan's attic. He cleans them, finds out their names and takes them everywhere - until, one day, the dinosaurs get lost! The lost property man gets a surprise when Harry proves the dinosaurs are his by calling them over to him. Read more Details

Harry is disappointed to find that he is not able to join in with any of the activities his family are taking part in at home, so he decides to go to Dino-World to invent his own clubs, which only himself and the dinosaurs can join - i.e. bungee jumping, messy cooking... Harry isn't allowed to join Sam's band because he's not very good at playing the drums. He goes to dino-world where he and the dinos gather together to play various percussion instruments. Pterence leaves the group because he can't keep time so he goes off to a cave by himself. He learns to play some great rhythms based on the sounds of nature around him. Harry and the dinos miss Pterence and go to find him, they are very impressed by what he has learned. a b "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2 March 2016. [ dead link] Alt URL

Harry and the Dinos have set up camp in the living room and it reminds Mom of the time when she went camping with the Nature Guides. She shows them her collection of Guide badges and it inspires Harry and the Dinos to go on a real camping trip and earn their own badges. The intrepid explorers head to Dino World where they embark on an adventure to find The Lost Falls and get some badges along the way. But with pesky bugs and scary monsters to contend with, Harry and the Dinos learn that it's not always as easy as it might seem to earn a badge! I loved the way the illustrations and narration played off each other. They really captured the magical relationship between the dinosaurs and their Harry. Such a cute story. When Harry thinks his delicious cookie has been stolen he goes to Dino-World where he plays at being a detective searching for the thief. After much searching, and a court trial, Harry realises that, much to his embarrassment, he had actually eaten the cookie himself!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 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 upset to learn that he must return his library book so decides to hide the book in Dino-World. Although Harry and the dinos try to entertain the book, it is unhappy in Dino-World and tries to escape. Eventually the book persuades Harry to return it to the library where there are lots more books waiting to be read. Harry decides to imitate his Mom by becoming a newspaper reporter for the day. Harry can find nothing news-worthy at home so goes to Dino-World to report on the world's first ever dinosaur race! 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!

This news story from last year reminder me of this book: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/..., and I will definitely be reading this to my little ones. I hope they enjoy it as much as I did.Keen to discover the undiscovered, 'Harry The Explorer' and his Dinosaurs go to Dino World to see what new territory they can conquer. Their adventure begins to challenge their creativity as they arrive at the edge of Dino World and discover a completely white space where they can create a new world!!! Harry wants to sleep out in his new tent in the garden so that he can practice his scout skills. He looks out of the window and it is pouring with rain, but there's no room to put up his tent in his bedroom. If Harry can't camp in the garden for real, there's only one other place he can practice his scout skills. Harry accidentally smashes his mom's favourite china teacup. Harry, Charley, and the Dinos are unable to fix it themselves so they take it to Dino-World to try to repair it. Unable to do so, Harry is forced to admit to his mom that he has broken it. As a thoughtful gesture, Harry replaces the cup with a homemade cup.