Dear Dinosaur: Dear Dinosaur

Do you have a human pen pal? Max’s pen pal is a dinosaur! After a school trip to the museum, he writes a letter to the mighty T. Rex there – and the T. Rex writes back! Want to know what he says? (Pssst – course you do.) Just open the letters and cards in this book to peek at them! The T. Rex has been around a LONG time. He has lots of stuff to tell Max. What will he think of Max’s life as a human boy? As Max and T. Rex learn about each other, a quirky friendship develops in this funny story, which includes REAL letters to open!

  • A funny, touching story with letters and cards to open
  • Sweet tale of friendship between very different creatures
  • By the award-winning creators of Gorilla Loves Vanilla
  • Pictures by Open Very Carefully artist Nicola O’Byrne

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    Winner of the 2012 Dundee Picture Book Award for The Loon on the Moon and the 2013 Scottish Children’s Book Award for Jumblebum.

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    Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Open Very Carefully.

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