This rollicking read-aloud is full of fun. - Bookseller 20110624. A romp of a picture book. - Bookseller 20110624.

Caryl Hart is the author of several books for children, including Don't Dip Your Chips in Your Drink, Kate! winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2010 and the Community Libraries Favourite Book Award 2010. Caryl lives on the top of a windy hill in the Peak District with her guitar-playing husband, two cheeky daughters, one extremely fluffy black cat, a goldfish, four hens and an invisible dog called Paddy. Leonie Lord studied illustration at Central St Martins College, London. Since graduating, she has produced regular editorial work for newspapers such as The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian. Leonie has a young family, which has recently renewed her love of children's books. The Dirty Great Dinosaur was her first illustrated book for children, written by Martin Waddell and published by Orchard. Leonie lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and two children.