Blog Tour: A Dinosaur Ate My Sister

My ten year old son

Has been following the work of Marcus Rashford

Over the past 12 months

Reading in his newspaper

About the good work this incredible young man has been doing

For children across the UK

When we heard about Marcus’ Book Club

We thought it was such a fantastic idea

And we are glad to be playing a tiny part in spreading the word today

The first book Marcus has chosen for his young readers

Is the brilliant A Dinosaur Ate My Sister

Written by Pooja Puri

And illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan

As Marcus himself says

A Dinosaur Ate My Sister is the perfect story to escape into

To find adventure

And to inspire young readers to follow their dreams

This book is all over social media at the moment

As boxes of it have been sent to schools across the country

To get kids reading

The campaign already seems to be a huge success

And seeing kids smiling with books in their hands

Makes my heart sings

And just when I thought we could not love Marcus Rashford more

I read his note at the beginning of A Sister Ate My Dinosaur

And cried

It is such a kind and caring note

Inspiring and reassuring

Everything that children need it to be

As I began reading A Dinsoaur Ate My Sister

I immediately thought of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

It also made me think of The Treehouse Books by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

And Ade Edmundson’s Tilly and The Time Machine

The story is a fast paced chaotic adventure

With clever use of language

It is packed with facts

Laced with danger

And filled to bursting with fun

From the striking front cover

To the use of mixed fonts

The awesome sketches, diagrams, lists, illustrations and word art

That punctuate every page

This is a glorious riot of a book

That will engage even the most reluctant of readers

Every page is designed to draw children in

Hook them into the story

And lead them through the fast paced reading adventure

There is a time machine

Time travel

Terrifying T-rexes

Mysterious wormholes

Glitchy inventions

ALL OF SPACE AND TIME

This book is utterly bonkers

And completely brilliant

A Dinosaur Ate My Sister

Is all about Esha Verma

Her snotty apprentice Broccoli

And his cunning pet tortoise

Esha and Broccoli have a dream

To win the legendary Brain Trophy

The ultimate inventing prize

Their entry this year is a …

TIME MACHINE!

But the day before the competition

Esha’s DRONG IGNORAMUS big sister, Nishi

Hijacks the time machine

And is lost in the Cretaceous age

With the dinosaurs!

How are Esha and Broccoli going to get Nishi back?

There is only one way to find out

Read this whacky time travel adventure story for yourself

And be inspired to try your hand at being a

Genius Inventor Extraordinaire

A Dinosaur Ate My Sister

Publishes with MacMillan Children’s Books

On Thursday 24th June 2021

We were given a copy of the book for the purpose of this post which we will be donating to our local school so that lots more children can enjoy this brilliant book thanks to Marcus Rashford and MacMillan

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