- Illustrated Chapter Books
- Ages 7–10
- Comedy
The Bad Guys in Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?!
Book 7 of 20 in The Bad GuysView the full series
A dinosaur-filled seventh episode that strands the gang in prehistoric danger while keeping everything fast and comic. It is ideal for readers who like silly action, animal teams and cartoon peril.
- Best for7–10
- FormatIllustrated
- Length176 pp
- Read aloud~1 hr10 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
- Onomatopoeic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Irreverent
- Exciting
- Absurdist
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
After their space disasters, the Bad Guys are thrown into yet another impossible situation: dinosaurs. Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?! gives the series a prehistoric action-comedy flavour, with the gang facing huge creatures, frantic chases and the usual problem of trying to act heroic while being terrified, ridiculous or tempted to behave badly. The dinosaur hook makes this a particularly easy sell for children who like big creatures and high-energy peril, but the treatment stays cartoonish and funny rather than genuinely frightening. Aaron Blabey's visual pacing remains the key appeal: bold panels, expressive faces, simple dialogue, quick jokes and constant movement. This is not a quiet or reflective reading experience; it is a propulsive comic episode built for laughter, page-turning and reluctant-reader confidence. It works best as episode 7, after the sci-fi escalation of books 5 and 6.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–10
- Read aloud · 6–10
- Independent · 7–11
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Works well for
- Reading aloud
- Reading together
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
2 / 5 · Better outside bedtime
Sensitive-child
3 / 5 · Mostly fine
Graphic intensity
2 / 5 · Mild
Best for
- Dog man fans
- Captain underpants fans
- Reluctant readers
- Dinosaur fans
- Fast reads
Avoid if
- Prefers calm books
- Needs realistic stories
- Dislikes dinosaur peril
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
- Interested in science
In the classroom
How it works in school.
The wildly funny Bad Guys series — a legendary reluctant-reader hook and classroom-library staple.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific kick is time-travelling to fix book six — the Bad Guys jumping back through history and landing in the time of dinosaurs, with Mr Wolf, Mr Snake and a velociraptor in the same scene. The volume that lightens the mood after the previous gut-punch.
- Adventure and freedom
- Breaking the rules safely
- Making a difference
- Surviving danger
Why parents love it
The Bad Guys that lifts the mood after book six's gut-punch — time-travel premise, dinosaur set-pieces, the series resetting back to silly fun. Best read straight after Alien vs Bad Guys for the emotional reset to do its work.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Conversation starter
In the series
The Bad Guys.
20 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Aaron Blabey.
If you liked this
Three ways out of this book.
If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
Where you’ll find it
On these reading lists.
Buy or borrow
Pick up a copy.
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