Gigantosaurus – A Bad News Day

Name: Gigantosaurus – A Bad News Day
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781800787513
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An epic adventure with four little dinos as they start their own news show, based on the Gigantosaurus TV series and characters by Jonny Duddle. When Tiny saves the other dinos by reporting on the erupting volcano, she's inspired to start her very own news show!... Read More

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Join our favourite dinosaurs as they put on their reporter hats and start their own NEWS SHOW!

Join our favourite dinosaurs as they put on their reporter hats and start their own NEWS SHOW!

Description

An epic adventure with four little dinos as they start their own news show, based on the Gigantosaurus TV series and characters by Jonny Duddle.

When Tiny saves the other dinos by reporting on the erupting volcano, she's inspired to start her very own news show! Rocky, Mazu and Bill try to report the real news, but Tiny finds that reporting made-up stories gets a much better reaction. But what happens when the dinos stop believing her lies? Will they believe Tiny when she reports the truth? Will there be good news at the end of the day?

Join them in the latest episode and read the story to find out! Discover more of this international, bestselling series in The Story of Gigantosaurus, The Dino-Sitters Club, Searching for Spinosaurus, Dinos to the Moon, and the dino fact-packed Dinopedia.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800787513

Publisher: Templar Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Templar Books

Contributors:

Illustrated by Cyber Group Studios

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 136g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Cyber Group Studios

About the Author

Cyber Group Studios is a Paris-based developer, producer and distributor of animated television series and movies for children in France and internationally. Their development of Jonny Duddle's award-winning picture book Gigantosaurus has been a major global hit, launching in the US on Disney Junior in 2019, in the UK in June 2020 on Tiny POP, and now airing in the many countries around the world. A Gigantosaurus video game launched in April 2020, with plans for a feature film underway.

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