There's a Body in the Brontosaurus Room!

by Shannon Gilligan

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553159941
• ISBN13: 9780553159943
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Skylark Books
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

An enjoyable book, but exercises artistic license

First of all, the books in this series are among the few children's books that feature a gifted child as one of the characters, and Gilligan is to be applauded for that. I think, however, that potential readers of this book should be aware that it takes major liberties with the real layout of the Boston Museum of Science, where it takes place. A comparison of the map of the Museum in the book with a real map of the Museum shows this clearly. In fact, even the title of the book is a piece of artistic license; there is no Brontosaurus Room at the Boston Museum of Science. I was also shocked by how much the Secret Gang charged for their services as detectives; I forget exactly how much it was, but I think it was a few dollars. This is a far cry from Encyclopedia Brown's fee of 25 cents a day plus expenses. (Come to think of it, Encyclopedia must have been a gifted child, but I don't think Donald Sobol ever explicitly said so.) Nevertheless, this is a highly entertaining and educational book.

An enjoyable book, but exercises artistic licence

First of all, the books in this series are among the few children's books that feature a gifted child as one of the characters, and Gilligan is to be applauded for that. I think, however, that potential readers of this book should be aware that it takes major liberties with the real layout of the Boston Museum of Science, where it takes place. A comparison of the map of the Museum in the book with a real map of the Museum shows this clearly. In fact, even the title of the book is a piece of artistic licence: there is no Brontosaurus Room at the Boston Museum of Science. I was also shocked by how much the Secret Gang charged for their services as detectives; I forget exactly how much it was, but I think it was a few dollars. This is a far cry from Encyclopedia Brown's fee of 25 cents a day plus expenses. (Come to think of it, Encyclopedia must have been a gifted child, but I don't think Donald Sobol ever explicitly said so.) Nevertheless, this is a highly entertaining and educational book.