Dilly the Dinosaur

Dilly the Dinosaur

by Tony Bradman, Susan Hellard (Illustrator)

These four stories introduce Dilly, the world's naughtiest dinosaur. First, he decides to hate water and vows never to wash again, until his friend Dixie objects to the very smelly dinosaur he becomes. Then, Dilly lets loose his ear-splitting super-scream which makes his father have a disaster with his sister's birthday cake, but things get even messier when Dilly tries to make a replacement. Dilly gets very confused one day, waiting for it to rain cats and dogs, and finally makes his own very characteristic contribution to the family's house-painting day!

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Prehistoric

64 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 1987

About the author

TONY BRADMAN graduated from Cambridge University and worked in journalism for many years as an editor and reviewer. Now a full-time author, he has produced several successful anthologies for young readers for Random House Children's Books, including three focusing exclusively on football: the FOOTBALL FEVER titles.

Reviews

[Ahmed Arham]

Great job! My children likes it a lot!

[Tata]

Good books

[Shlok]

It is a really good book. Dilly is a really naughty boy and comes up with loads of adventures. And watch out for the ultra-special 150-mile-per-hour super scream!

[D Cox]

Will be using these short stories with less confident year 5 readers: making links to their own experiences with trouble and siblings.
Easy read- fun stories- some helpful repetition.

[Molly]

I'm surprised how highly rated this book is. Maybe a nostalgia factor for a lot of people? Not a fan of all the yelling going on in that household.

[Cws]

BR3-Bradman

[Kate Flood]

I loved these books so much when I was younger; "pineapple juice".

[Tzn]

Anyone can read and find out what more he can do with his childhood memories...

[Sandy Millin]

I loved this book as a child, and it was fun to read it again. I remembered a lot more than I realised! Giving it to the school library now.

[Sophie Crane]

Obtained as it had fond memories from my own childhood.