The dinosaur that pooped Christmas!

Format:

Book

Title:

The dinosaur that pooped Christmas!

Author:

Fletcher, Tom, 1985- author

ISBN:

9781481498722

Edition:

Aladdin hardcover edition.

Publication:

New York : Aladdin, 2019.

Physical Description:

30 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm

General Note:

Originally published in Great Britain by Red Fox.

Summary:

"Danny wants everything for Christmas. But what he gets is a dinosaur, a very hungry dinosaur. Danny's new dino eats up all of Christmas, but as we all know, what goes in must come out. Danny is about to have the most explosive Christmas of his life!"-- (Source of summary not specified).

Reading Level:

Ages 4-8.

Personal Subject:

Santa Claus-Juvenile fiction.

Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01105278

Subject(s):

Dinosaurs -- Juvenile fiction.

Defecation -- Juvenile fiction.

Stories in rhyme.

Dinosaurs -- Fiction.

Christmas -- Fiction.

Genre:

Picture books for children.

Added Author:

Poynter, Dougie, 1987-

Parsons, Garry

Holds:

Available:*

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Summary

Danny and Dino celebrate Christmas in the latest Dinosaur That Pooped story by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of the English pop punk group McFly.

Danny wants everything for Christmas. But what he gets is a dinosaur, a very hungry dinosaur. Danny's new dino eats up all of Christmas, but as we all know, what goes in must come out. Danny is about to have the most explosive Christmas of his life! There's poop, presents, and prehistoric creatures in this festive feast! With a strong moral about the dangers of being greedy, The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas! is sure to be become a modern Christmas classic.

Author Notes

Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of the UK group McFly have a shared obsession with poop! After writing songs together for nine years in the band McFly, they wrote The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! in the same way that they write their song lyrics. They both live in the UK.

Garry Parsons is the award-winning illustrator of many books, including George's Secret Key to the Universe , George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt , and George and the Big Bang by Lucy and Stephen Hawking; Billy's Bucket by Kes Gray; and What's Cool About School by Kate Agnew. He lives in London. Visit him at GarryParsons.co.uk.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Santa delivers a naughty boy his comeuppance in this yuck- and yuk-filled Christmas book.Santa is appalled at the length of greedy Danny's listespecially since the lad already has a "mountain of toys." Santa decides, "I'll leave him a present, / But this year his present might just be unpleasant." After hearing a clatter, Danny rushes to see a "GIGANTIC egg" dwarfing the Christmas tree. It promptly hatches a dinosaur that sets to devouring everything, and everyone, in sight. Danny watches, horrified, as it eats his grandmother, his parents, and their whole house. The comical, rhyming text's tone is light and is supported by the cartoon digital art, which shows a rotund, house-sized dinosaur on the former site of Danny's home. Bereft, the boy realizes "it wasn't the house or the presents he missed; / Without family, Christmas just didn't exist." Lucky for him, though perhaps not for squeamish readers, the dinosaur's overindulgence leads to two spreads of voluminous defecation, with Danny's family, the house's contents, Santa and reindeer, and more all sailing "from the dinosaur's butt" on a "massive WHOOOOOOSH" of liquid, brown poop. All characters are unscathed, and cleanup happens mercifully quickly, though readers may feel a bit ill at the sight of piles and rivulets of poop still decking the halls. Santa, Danny, and his family all present white.Safe to say it's the only dinosaur-poop-themed Christmas book readers will ever need. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.