Seasick dinosaurs, yuck! ( )

The rhymes are nice and so are the illustrations. But with the Dino Racing book series, to compete with, this story lags behind. ( )

This wasn't the greatest story ever, but it's a nice little rhyming tale all about a rough and tumble crew of dinosaurs on the high seas. It has a simple rhyme scheme and would cover the lower elementary crowds interests well enough. It will undoubtedly spawn another nearly endless series of only slightly different sequels. ( )

This book is a great example of fantasy because the dinosaurs have human characteristics. The dinosailors do everything that a human sailor should do and they even get sea sick!
Characters: The sailor dinosaurs are essential for this book because that is what makes it a fantasy. Without there being dinosailors the story would have just been a story about normal sailors at sea.

In this rhyming high-sea adventure we meet a crew of delightful dinosailors who are "hale and hearty—dinotough! / They talk of salty sailing stuff: / Blocks and winches, dinocleats, / Shackles, tacking, trimming sheets."
After readying their ship, and raising anchor using "dinoforce," they head out with the wind. They sing sea songs and "have a ball." That is, until they meet with a storm. They bump into walls—and each other. "They mash the mast and ram the rails." They also become seasick. (One double-paged spread shows the dinosailors being sick—thankfully from a distance.) This is enough to convince the bunch to return to blessedly firm land and their homes.
They don't, however, remain at home for long. "Once more they hear adventure's cry, / So dinotravelers say good-bye." This time they choose a more stable form of transportation—a train.