BOOKS: A Monstrous Idea -but It Works Well; How to Keep Dinosaurs, by Robert Mash, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Pounds 12.99. Reviewed by Sophie Blakemore

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Byline: Sophie Blakemore

If you are losing sleep over how to control your deinonychus' gambling habit, having trouble stopping your microraptor wrecking your conservatory or agonising over which species of archaeopteryx would best suit your lifestyle -help is finally at hand.

Put away that antiquated history book, ignore the palaeontologists and get to grips with living with a real dinosaur, courtesy of zoologist Robert Mash.

Parents stumped by what to buy the little darlings for Christmas can learn all about the easy-to-train ornithomimus -an exciting alternative to a pony.

And farmers unwilling to splash the cash on electric sheep-shearers can …