The T-Rex Who Lost His Specs!

Life ought to be easy for this T-Rex. After all, he’s the king of the dinosaurs. ROAAAR! He’s the biggest and baddest. Everyone is scared of him. There’s just one problem: he’s mislaid his specs. Oh dear! First he eats a slipper instead of his breakfast toast. Then he mistakes a prehistoric owl for his bath towel. Oopsie! As one mishap follows another, will he make it to the end of his day in one piece? Dino world is a dangerous place, and only the strongest survive…

  • Cheeky rhyming fun by a legendary picture book team
  • Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross created the Dr Xargle books
  • Perfect for fans of David Walliams and Julia Donaldson
  • An anarchic, madcap jaunt with a rather sticky ending

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  • Awards

    Jeanne has won several awards including the Nestle Smarties prize for Tadpole’s Promise, the Portsmouth Children’s Book Prize for Dumb Creatures and Grandad and John and the Book Trust Early Years award for Bog Baby. She has also won Red House award twice for Who’s in the Loo? and Bottoms Up!, both illustrated by Adrian Reynolds.

  • Tony Ross

    Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world. As well as his own books, he has illustrated books for authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin.

    Awards

    Tony Ross has won a number of awards for illustration, including the Dutch Silver Paintbrush Award for the best illustrations by a foreign artist.

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