The Christmasaurus,Used

Product DescriptionWhy settle for a pony or a puppy for Christmas when you could have a dinosaur? A rollicking adventure from singersongwriter and YouTuber Tom Fletcher.Once upon a timelong, long ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earthan egg rolled away from its mother and landed in the ocean, where it froze solid and stayed peacefully for thousands of years. Then one day Santa and his elves discover the frozen egg, and Santa sits on it to see if it will hatch. But he can't guess what's inside. . . . A dinosaur!Meanwhile, a young boy named William Trundle has only ever wished for one thing for Christmas. Yup, you guess it! A dinosaur! So when Santa accidentally gives William the real Christmasaurus instead of a stuffed replica, it's the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER! Until an evil man known as the Hunter decides a dinosaur will be the perfect addition to his collection.A wild and hilarious adventure ensues. An instant Christmas classicnow in paperback!ReviewTom Fletcher is a creative and magical storyteller who is guaranteed to make readers laugh! James Patterson'A sweet holiday story that would work well as a family readaloud.' Booklist online'Making his middle grade debut, songwriter Fletcher offers a goofyhumored fantasy about differences, friendship, and holiday magic.' Publishers WeeklyAbout the AuthorTom Fletcher was hatched from an egg discovered in the snowy depths of the North Pole. After writing songs with his band, McFly, for several years, Tom turned his hand to writing stories. His is the author of picture books There's a Monster in Your Book and There's a Dragon in Your Book. The Christmasuaurs is his first middle grade novel and combines his love of Christmas and his love of dinosaurs. He suggests you read it with a plate of cookies and hopes you enjoy it. Find him on Twitter and Instagram at @tomfletcher.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.This story starts like all good stories do, a long time ago. Not just a long time ago, but a very, very, very long time ago. Squillions of years ago, in fact. Long before your granny and your granddad were born. Before there were any human beings at all. Before cars and airplanes, even before there was the internet, there was something even better. . . .DINOSAURS!Dinosaurs were the most awesome creatures ever to walk the planet. There were lots of them, and they came in all shapes and sizes. There were small ones that were not much bigger than dogs or cats, some with spiky prickle horns on their backs. There were stupendously ginormous ones called Seismosaurus that were longer than five doubledecker buses, with necks thicker than tree trunks and skin like the hard rubber tires of a tractor. I know that sounds hard to believe, but its definitely true, because this is a book, and books dont lie.Id like to tell you about two very special dinosaurs. Well call them Momosaurus and Dadlodocus. (Those werent their real names, of coursethat would just be silly.)Momosaurus and Dadlodocus had been out all day in the hot, hot heat of the prehistoric sun and were returning home to their tidy little nest. But what they found in its place was something horrendously horrible: an almighty pile of rocks, bones, and dust. Their home had been raided by evil scavenger dinosaurs, and these sneaky, scroungy little scavengers had smashed it up completely!But for Momosaurus and Dadlodocus, the mess was the last thing on their minds, because they had left their most precious things alone inside the nest: twelve dinosaur eggs, which were now nowhere to be seen!As you can imagine, Momosaurus and Dadlodocus were devastated. They stood in the wreckage of their nest, weeping and roaring for a very long time, until the sun went down and the moon and stars filled the sky above the jungle.That night, a light breeze was blowing through the enormous trees, and a sliver of silvery moonlight found its way to the remains of the nest. Suddenly, something