Written for two to five
Short sentences, a repeating refrain to shout along with, and one clear feeling per book. Read aloud in under ten minutes, which is the actual requirement at bedtime.
01 The shelf
Five friends. Five stories. One per dinosaur.
Each book gives one character their own small, complete story — the kind that survives being read four hundred times. Tap a cover to read the blurb.
Dinosaur Disco · Book One
DJ Rex Finds the BeatDJ Rex
DJ Rex Finds the BeatDJ RexBook One · DJ Rex
DJ Rex Finds the Beat
A story about starting before you are ready.
Rex wants to throw the best party the valley has ever seen, but every time the music starts his feet do something different than his brain. With help from four patient friends, he learns that nobody gets the beat on the first try — and that the dance floor is for trying, not for being perfect.
Ages 2–532 pagesHardcoverConfidence · Trying again
Dinosaur Disco · Book Two
Boogie Bronto Takes His TimeBoogie Bronto
Boogie Bronto Takes His TimeBoogie BrontoBook Two · Boogie Bronto
Boogie Bronto Takes His Time
A story about being big, slow, and exactly enough.
Bronto is the tallest one at the disco and the slowest one too. Everyone zooms past him. When a little friend gets stuck at the very top of the tallest tree, it turns out slow and steady and tall is precisely what the day needs.
Ages 2–532 pagesHardcoverPatience · Self-worth
Dinosaur Disco · Book Three
Riff Raptor Cannot Sit StillRiff Raptor
Riff Raptor Cannot Sit StillRiff RaptorBook Three · Riff Raptor
Riff Raptor Cannot Sit Still
A story about wiggles, and where to put them.
Riff has more energy than the whole disco combined. He wiggles during snack time. He wiggles during story time. He wiggles in his sleep. Then the crew gives him a job that needs every single wiggle he has got.
Ages 2–532 pagesHardcoverEnergy · Finding your place
Dinosaur Disco · Book Four
Trixie Fixes EverythingTrixie Triceratops
Trixie Fixes EverythingTrixie TriceratopsBook Four · Trixie Triceratops
Trixie Fixes Everything
A story about asking for help.
Trixie can fix a wobbly table, a squeaky door, and a broken drum. So when her own feelings get tangled up, she tries to fix those by herself too. It takes a friend to show her that some things get mended together.
Ages 2–532 pagesHardcoverProblem solving · Asking for help
Dinosaur Disco · Book Five
Groovy Steggy Says WaitGroovy Steggy
Groovy Steggy Says WaitGroovy SteggyBook Five · Groovy Steggy
Groovy Steggy Says Wait
A story about stopping to think.
Everybody at the disco wants to go NOW. Steggy is the one who says "wait — let us look first." Nobody likes waiting. But the day Steggy notices the bridge is missing a plank, the whole crew learns why the thinking one matters.
Ages 2–532 pagesHardcoverCare · Thinking first
