Afternoon on the Amazon vs Dinosaurs Before Dark: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Afternoon on the Amazon Afternoon on the Amazon Mary Pope Osborne · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.0 69 pages · ≈ 1 h 17 m · Moderate

Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.

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Cover of Dinosaurs Before Dark Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 ★★★★☆ 4.5 80 pages · ≈ 1 h 29 m · Moderate

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. ---------- German-language description: Ein Baumhaus mitten im…

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1 film adaptation

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Afternoon on the AmazonDinosaurs Before Dark
Goodreads 4.0 (19639) —
Hardcover 3.8 (21) 3.7 (50)
Google Books 1.0 (1) 5.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (226) 4.5 (1014)

Reception

Afternoon on the AmazonDinosaurs Before Dark
Ratings 19639 1014
Editions 27 58
Citations — 2
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 4662 —
Reading it now 966 —
Written reviews 739 —
Wikipedia attention — 19585
Pages 69 80

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