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Carol Diggory Shields

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Glen Head, New York, The United States

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Carol Diggory Shields was inspired to write Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp after "being called a Nagosaurus by my five-year-old," she admits. "I started playing with the idea of partying dinosaurs who were scientifically accurate (more or less), and somehow in the prehistoric ooze of my brain, Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp took shape." Her rocking prehistoric party proved a hit with both young readers and critics. "Witty and imaginative, the poem has a rhythm that makes cumbersome multisyllable dinosaur names roll off the tongue," said Kirkus Reviews.
Currently a children's librarian, Carol Diggory Shields has also worked with children as a recreational therapist and at one time was a designer of stuffed toys. Her years of being ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 2,510 ratings · 491 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields, Sophie Blackall (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bugliest Bug by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby's Got the Blues by Carol Diggory Shields, Lauren Tobia (Illustrator) 3.66 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food Fight! by Carol Diggory Shields, Doreen Gay-Kassel (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucky Pennies and Hot Chocolate by Carol Diggory Shields, Hiroe Nakata (Illustrations) 4.24 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lunch Money: And Other Poems About School 4.14 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Bell Rings: Poems About After-School Time by Carol Diggory Shields, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Really a Princess 4.19 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Martian Rock by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars