The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas!

by Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter, Garry Parsons (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481498722
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	09/17/2019
Series:	The Dinosaur That
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	29,345
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Garry Parsons is the award-winning illustrator of many books, including George’s Secret Key to the Universe, George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt, George and the Big Bang, George and the Unbreakable Code, and George and the Blue Moon 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.

Editorial Reviews

2019-08-18
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 list—especially 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)

Kirkus Reviews