Dippy: The nation's favourite dinosaur

by David Mackintosh

MEET DIPPY: Dippy is a Diplodocus (DIP-low-DOCK-us). Dippy was the first of its kind to go on display anywhere in the world when it arrived at the Museum more than a hundred years ago. Since then, Dippy has adventured across the length and breadth of the country.

MEET WATERHOUSE: Waterhouse the Mouse lives in the Museum and thought he knew about everything within its famous walls. Until one day he meets a gigantic bony stranger and a big booming voice...

When railroad workers unearthed the fossilised bones of a Diplodocus in Wyoming, USA in 1899, newspapers billed the discovery as the ‘most colossal animal ever on Earth’.

Dippy, a replica of this famous skeleton, first arrived in London in 1905, and for many years served as an awe-inspiring welcome for visitors to the Natural History Museum.

This book answers all your questions about the nation’s favourite dinosaur and will delight young readers with its imaginative illustrations.

32 pages, Paperback

Published May 27, 2022

About the author

David Mackintosh loves books with pictures in them, flying, visiting cities, and being read to. His picture book Marshall Armstrong Is New to Our School was short-listed for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and long-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in London.

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a fully grown adult I found this book by chance and love it so much! Seeing Dippy as a kid made me fall in love with zoology and having this book now is reigniting my love of dinosaurs 🦕