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Dingoes at Dinnertime

  • 2000 first published
  • 80 pages
  • 20 editions

Mary Pope Osborne's Dingoes at Dinnertime (2000) is a time-travel fiction and adventure fiction novella. The story is set in Australia and Australien. Readers will find themes of animals, space and time, Zoology and magic.

12 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 20 editions across 6 languages.

It runs to roughly 80 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

About Dingoes at Dinnertime

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Animals
  • Space and time
  • Zoology
  • Magic
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Droughts
  • Fantasy
  • Fires
  • Adventure stories
  • Rescues
  • Animal rescue
  • Children's fiction
  • Australia
  • Tree houses
  • Magia
  • Zoología

Quick answers

Who wrote Dingoes at Dinnertime?

Dingoes at Dinnertime was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 2000.

What genre is Dingoes at Dinnertime?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Adventure.

How long is Dingoes at Dinnertime?

The median edition has 80 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Dingoes at Dinnertime?

Readers who like it often enjoy Artemis Fowl, Atlantis Found and Pebble in the Sky.

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