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The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus. It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure.

14 November 2017
The Christmasaurus

It’s about families and friendships, Santa and sleighbells, singing elves and flying reindeer, music and magic and finding your heart’s true desire

- Tom Fletcher

The Christmasaurus characters
The Christmasaurus

  • The Christmasaurus

  • The magical, moving and bestselling first children's novel from Tom Fletcher.

    Forget everything you thought you knew about the North Pole, and set off on a Christmas Eve adventure with boy named William Trundle, an elf named Snozzletrump, Santa Claus (yes! The real Santa Claus!), a nasty piece of work called the Hunter, and a most unusual dinosaur . . .

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Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher is one of the UK's bestselling authors for children. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. Tom is also the bestselling author of the Who's in Your Book? picture book series, as well as one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture book series, which has sold over a million copies. Tom's books have been translated into thirty-three languages and counting. He is also a music-making, song-writing, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record-holding, nappy changing, galaxy-defending dad!

Tom Fletcher

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