The Seas of Doom

Astrosaurs #3

by Steve Cole

Something very big and very dangerous is swimming in the seas of planet Aqua Minor. It's destroying all of the fish factories and making mincemeat out of all the submarines. So Captain Teggs and the brave crew on the DSS Sauropod set off to investigate.

What do they find? A gigantic liopleurodon has made Aqua Minor its home. At first all the evidence points to him as the culprit behind the mass destruction. But then new evidence is uncovered that shows it couldn't be the liopleurodon. Is another monster lurking beneath the seas as well?

Genres: Childrens, Science Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Also publishes as Stephen Cole.

Steve Cole is the slightly crazy, highly frantic, millions-selling, non-stop author of Astrosaurs, Cows In Action, Astrosaurs Academy, The Slime Squad, Z. Rex and many other books (including several original Doctor Who stories).

He used to edit magazines and books but prefers the job of a writer where you can wear pyjamas and eat chocolate all day.

Steve just can't stop writing - if he does, strange robots appear and jostle him vigorously until he starts again.

In his spare time he loves making music, reading old comics, thinking up ideas for new books and slumping in front of a warm TV.

Reviews

[Timothy Chen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting story

[Connor · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a very good book I like where mira turned to admiral don leo

[Milo L · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just absolutely love this great series i’m surprised that they didn’t make the books into animated movies

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me by a child during the reading interview for our English task. I asked the child, who is G&T, if he could bring the book in so we could read it together during my placement.

The book focuses on Teggs, who is an astrousaur and captain of the DSS Sauropod. Along with his crew consisting of Gipsy, Arx and Iggy, they all work together to defeat the evil sea monster lurking in Aqua Minor.

This book is very engaging and has a nice flow to it. I found myself wanting to continue reading it. I really like how Cole explains everything in detail, especially the characters in the book. An example is when he introduces Gipsy :- “Gipsy was a duck-billed hadrosaur with scaly, stripy skin”. Cole makes excellent use of adjectives to describe characters and scenarios. The words Cole uses would definitely challenge a child and it would also encourage a child to use a dictionary to find the meaning of certain words.

I really like how Cole uses his imagination by including dinosaurs from the prehistoric past into a futuristic setting. The species of the dinosaurs are non-fictional as hadrosaurs and dimorphodons did exist (and yes, I had to Google to find that out!). This book is also cross curricular as you have themes such as history and science within it. Many children I have worked with in the past have an interest in dinosaurs and space and space travel.

The book also contains collectable cards which the child informed me about. I believe this is a brilliant idea as it is a discrete incentive to keep children engaged and hooked with reading.

This book is definitely for readers of higher years of the primary phase due to its complexity of the words and the difficulty some children may encounter comprehending the story line and structure. I believe the majority of year four children would encounter difficulty with this book but I would never discourage them from reading it if they wished to do so.

[Misty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dinosaurs fly off into space to start a colony before the dinosaur extinction. This is little boy gold!

[Tom Owen-range · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. it was really ... really good and really lovely