Sally goes to visit her grandfather - and finds a small red dinosaur in the garage. Her grandfather doesn't know about the dinosaur because he isn't quick enough or lucky enough to see him. The dinosaur gets up to all sorts of tricks, like twirling round on the washing line or spinning on the garden sprinkler, but he always manages to avoid being seen by Grandad...just! "The I Am Reading" series provides just the right balance of challenge and support for newly independent readers. Large, easy-to-read type, satisfying stories by top writers and cheerful full-colour pictures help children make the transition from picture books to chapter books. Each book includes a bookmark flap, tips for beginner readers and either short, numbered chapters or two short stories.

 

This book is part of a book series called I Am Reading .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme is not levelled.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Pan Macmillan .

Brough Girling is an energetic promoter of children's books and reading, and Campaign Director of Readathon, the sponsored reading event in schools that raises money every year for children's cancer charities. Brough is also the successful author of many humorous books for children, including the Vera Pratt series. He has worked extensively as a broadcaster on children's television. He lives near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. Stephen Dell is an experienced illustrator, particularly in advertising. Grandad's Dinosaur was his first full-colour book commission. Since its publication, he has worked on books such as Football Crazy: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Football (Bloomsbury). He lives in London. Brough Girling is a well-known author of children's books - Jets, Jokebooks and fiction for older readers - all humourous stuff. He was the first head of the Children's Book Foundation [now Young Book Trust]; editor of Young Telegraph and still heads up Readathon which raises enormous sums of money for children's charities during National Book Week.