The Dinosaur That Pooped
Part of the collectionThe Dinosaur That Pooped→Best for children who love gross-out humour, rhyme, big silly set-pieces and books that are designed to make them shout with laughter.
- Books9 / 9
- Arcs1
- Span2012–2025
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
The Dinosaur That Pooped is a rhyming picture-book series by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, illustrated by Garry Parsons. Across the seeded books, the dinosaur poops Christmas, a planet, the past, a pirate, Halloween, Daddy and more. The core formula is very stable: a simple adventure setup, a dinosaur who eats far too much, escalation, and a giant gross-out payoff. These are not quiet literary picture books, but they are strong commercial read-alouds for children who love rhyme, repetition, absurd scale and toilet humour.
Best for children who love gross-out humour, rhyme, big silly set-pieces and books that are designed to make them shout with laughter.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
The books can largely be read in any order. The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas is the best-known entry, while The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! is a clear main-series starting point.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–9 · 2012–2025Low sensitivity
Danny, dinosaur and enormous poo
Nine rhyming gross-out picture books about Danny, a very hungry dinosaur and spectacular poo-based disasters.
The Dinosaur That Pooped works as one standalone gross-out collection. Each book plugs the same comic engine into a new setting: Christmas, space, the past, pirates, Halloween, family, rocks, Easter and princess adventure. The series is low sensitivity because the danger is absurd and quickly defused by rhyme, bright illustration and bodily-function comedy. The main advisory note is taste rather than fear: families who dislike toilet humour will not enjoy it, but children who love poo jokes often find these books extremely motivating.
Book 1The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas!
Book 2The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet!
Book 3The Dinosaur that Pooped the Past!
Book 6The Dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate!
Book 5The Dinosaur that Pooped a Princess!
Book 8The Dinosaur that Pooped a Zoo!
Book 9The Dinosaur that Pooped a Monster!
Book 7The Dinosaur that Pooped a Superhero
Book 4The Dinosaur that Pooped the Bed!
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 17
- 19
- Best fit · 3–7
- Read aloud · 3–7
- Independent · 6–8
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
Read this after…
Series that pick up where The Dinosaur That Pooped leaves off.
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