Nothing Scares a Dinosaur

Ready-to-Read Level 1

Illustrated by Jonathan Fenske

About The Book

In this funny, rhyming Level 1 Ready-to-Read sequel to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book Nothing Fits a Dinosaur by award-winning author and illustrator Jonathan Fenske, the dinosaur is definitely not scared!

It’s time for bed. The lights are out, but the dinosaur isn’t afraid of the dark—nothing can frighten a dinosaur! He’ll show the things that go bump in the night who’s boss.

About The Author

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Jonathan Fenske is the author of many children’s books including The Bug in the Bog; Pill Bug Does Not Need AnybodyAfter SquidnightLet’s Play, Crabby!; Wake Up, Crabby!; and Plankton Is Pushy (all Junior Library Guild selections), and the Lego picture book I’m Fun, Too!. His early reader Stop That Mop! won the 2026 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award while Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, a Fox, and a Box were named Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

About The Illustrator

Copyright © 2023 Bonfire Visuals

Jonathan Fenske is the author of many children’s books including The Bug in the Bog; Pill Bug Does Not Need AnybodyAfter SquidnightLet’s Play, Crabby!; Wake Up, Crabby!; and Plankton Is Pushy (all Junior Library Guild selections), and the Lego picture book I’m Fun, Too!. His early reader Stop That Mop! won the 2026 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award while Nothing Fits a Dinosaur and A Pig, a Fox, and a Box were named Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books. Jonathan lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon Spotlight (August 27, 2024)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781665932707
  • Ages: 4 - 6

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Raves and Reviews

A humorous and relatable tale that will motivate readers to battle on to the end. 

– Kirkus, 11/15/24

"Young readers will delight in the child’s innovative response to lighthearted bedtime fears, while caregivers will relate to ­Mommasaurus’s requests for quiet. ­VERDICT This winning book is certain to be a bedtime favorite, alongside Jane Yolen’s How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and Rhiannon Fielding’s Little Dinosaur (Ten Minutes to Bed)."

– School Library Journal, 8/1/24

Awards and Honors

  • CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
  • Bank Street Best Books of the Year

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