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Cover of Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian: A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple

Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian: A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple

Jackie French (2002)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesA Phaery Named Phredde #5
Setting
CSM age8
Goodreads3.79
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Animal Death

Positive tags

AdventureHumorFriendshipHeartwarming

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastFish out of Water

Tropes

Time TravelFish out of WaterFellowshipQuestLost Civilization

Themes

FriendshipAdventureTimeSurvivalCooperation

Synopsis

A school excursion goes horribly wrong when Phredde, Pru and Bruce, their vampire teacher Mrs Olsen, and Miss Richards, leopard skin wearing Librarian and martial arts expert, head back into the time of the dinosaurs. Suggested level primary, intermediate.

Is Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian: A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 8 and up.

A lighthearted time-travel adventure with a vampire teacher and martial arts librarian features mild peril from dinosaur encounters but maintains a humorous, age-appropriate tone throughout.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include animal death.

Who'll love this

Kids will love the zany mix of school friends, a vampire teacher, a leopard-skin librarian, and actual dinosaurs in this silly time-travel mishap.

Tags

Time Travel FantasySchool StoryHumorous FantasyAustralian Fiction