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Biographical note
Highly-respected poet Tony Mitton wrote many titles for children, including the picture books illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees: Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus!, Down by the Cool of the Pool, Spookyrumpus (winner of the Sheffield Book Prize, the Dundee Book Award and the Portsmouth Book Award) and Jolly Olly Octopus among many others. In 2014 Tony won the prestigious CLPE Poetry Award for his retelling of Wayland. Tony spent much of his time writing, giving poetry performances and visiting primary schools for author events. Guy Parker-Rees' exuberant and energetic illustrations have made him a household name and one of today's bestselling children's illustrators. Notable successes include picture book classic Giraffes Can't Dance, a worldwide bestseller; Spookyrumpus, winner of the Sheffield, Dundee and Portsmouth book awards; and the heartwarming Elephant Me. Guy lives in Brighton with his wife and three sons.A wonderfully bright and noisy book
Book Trusted News
A wonderfully rumbustious noisy poem
Northern Echo
A book to brighten the dullest day ... intensely coloured, exuberant illustrations combine with a jazzy rhythmic text to produce a book that demands to be real aloud
The Scotsman
Hard-to-resist rhythm
Childrens Bookseller
The words process up, down, around and across the pages in perfect harmony with the dinosaurs' dancing and prancing. There is a tremendous sense of movement in the illustrations, which seem to gyrate before your eyes
School Librarian
A hilarious rhyming story, filled with dancing dinosaurs!
From Tony Mitton and the artist behind the bestselling Giraffes Can't Dance, Guy Parker-Rees.
Shake, shake, shudder near the sludgy old swamp. The dinosaurs are coming. Get ready to romp!
Come and join in the fun with Triceratops, Stegosaurus and friends as the dinosaurs stir up a dinosaurumpus.
But oh dear, T-Rex is about to gatecrash the party! The question is: Does he want to eat them? Or does he just want to dance?
Perfect for dinosaur fans everywhere, big and small.