Tom's books have been translated into thirty-nine languages, and to date he has sold over 5 million copies of his books in the UK alone. The Christmasaurus believed that he was different from everybody and everything else in the world. How are you similar / different to others? Why is it good to be different?

Can you create your own illustrations of a ‘Christmasaurus’. What do you think it should look like? A rhyming re-imagining of Tom Fletcher's bestselling story The Christmasaurus; a picture book full of festive fun!

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Aside from that, life is fairly normal in the Trundle household. William goes to school, has plenty of friends and is quite happy being a wheelchair-user. All that changes however, when Brenda Payne (the most rotten girl in the world) starts at his school and makes him feel different. And when they learn that the fate of Christmas itself hangs in the balance, William and the Christmasaurus must work with the Winter Witch to protect it... Read the prologue and plan / write an alternative story that describes what happens to the last remaining dinosaur egg when it is discovered. She is the best-kept Christmas secret of all,' whispered Santa Claus. 'Which is surprising, because Christmas itself would not exist without her. She is older than time itself, yet still as young as tomorrow. She is known only as the Winter Witch.'

Tom also writes the incredibly successful Who's in Your Book? picture-book series and is one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture-book series too, which has sold over 1.5 million copies. Brenda bullies William and turns the whole school into ‘William-hating zombies’. What is bullying? How does it make people feel? What can we do if we are being bullied? What can you do if you know that someone is being bullied? Read the description of the Christmasaurus in Chapter Five. Can you write your own description of a magical creature? The elves like to talk in rhyme. Could you try to have a rhyming conversation (or write a rhyming conversation between some elves)?

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The Christmasaurus wants more than anything to be able to fly, and help pull Santa's sleigh across the sky on Christmas Eve. But flying turns out to be much harder than he thought, even with Santa's help! One special Christmas, however, he falls down a chimney and meets a dinosaur-obsessed little boy who teaches him the magic of believing . . . Well, what if I told you that he was about to step out of HIS story and into this one? And I'm afraid he's got some grand plans . . . he wants to CANCEL CHRISTMAS!

If you ever doubted that dinosaurs and Christmas would work well together, doubt no more. The book is bursting with loveable characters, fast-paced adventure and, of course, Christmas spirit. William is an enchanting protagonist, who successfully busts a few myths about disabled people and what they want. In Chapter Six, the elves look after the Christmasaurus. Can you write some instructions to remind them what to do every day? The book begins with the line, ‘This story starts like all good stories do, a long time ago.’ Could you use this as the opening line of your own story? Create a picture of a Christmas bean and the toys that you would like for Christmas growing underground!Santa looks in a book to find out more information about the dinosaur, but there isn’t anything there. Could you write a non-fiction report about the Christmasaurus to help Santa? William Trundle loves dinosaurs. In fact, he's obsessed with them. Meanwhile, his father is equally obsessed - but with Christmas. Watch this ‘Virtually Live’ video with the author Tom Fletcher. If you could ask him questions about his books, what would you like to find out?