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About The Book

In this funny, rhyming Level 1 Ready-to-Read sequel to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book Nothing Fits a Dinosaur by award-winning author and illustrator Jonathan Fenske, the dinosaur is definitely not scared!

It’s time for bed. The lights are out, but the dinosaur isn’t afraid of the dark—nothing can frighten a dinosaur! He’ll show the things that go bump in the night who’s boss.

About The Author

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Jonathan Fenske is the author of many children’s books including The Bug in the Bog; Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody; After Squidnight; Let’s Play, Crabby!; Wake Up, Crabby!; and Plankton Is Pushy (all Junior Library Guild selections), and the Lego picture book I’m Fun, Too!. His early readers Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, A Fox, and A Box were Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winners. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

About The Illustrator

Copyright © 2023 Bonfire Visuals

Jonathan Fenske is the author of many children’s books including The Bug in the Bog; Pill Bug Does Not Need Anybody; After Squidnight; Let’s Play, Crabby!; Wake Up, Crabby!; and Plankton Is Pushy (all Junior Library Guild selections), and the Lego picture book I’m Fun, Too!. His early readers Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, A Fox, and A Box were Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor winners. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon Spotlight (August 27, 2024)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781665932707
  • Grades: P - K
  • Ages: 4 - 6

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Raves and Reviews

A humorous and relatable tale that will motivate readers to battle on to the end.

– Kirkus, 11/15/24

"Young readers will delight in the child’s innovative response to lighthearted bedtime fears, while caregivers will relate to ­Mommasaurus’s requests for quiet. ­VERDICT This winning book is certain to be a bedtime favorite, alongside Jane Yolen’s How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and Rhiannon Fielding’s Little Dinosaur (Ten Minutes to Bed)."

– School Library Journal, 8/1/24

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