Alex English's picture books have been shortlisted for the Dundee Picture Book Award, chosen by BookTrust as part of the Bookstart Corner programme and selected by The Reading Agency for the Summer Reading Challenge. She loves ravens, running, baking cakes and watching thunderstorms. Alex lives in Paris with her husband, two boys and a garden-ful of noisy toads.

Ben Cort studied illustration at Harrow College and is the illustrator of Shark in the Dark and Aliens Love Underpants, among many others. The latter has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. He has won numerous awards and he has been longlisted for the Greenaway Medal. Ben's interests include photography, retro tin robots and jeans - he even wore them to his wedding! Ben lives in Leighton Buzzard.

I was in my Granny's kitchen eating extra-special cake,

when the walls began to tremble and the roof began to SHAKE.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Ring! Ring! Ring! Oh MY - a dino's at the door.

And now it's taken Granny . SOMEONE STOP THAT DINOSAUR!

Chase down the GRAN-NAPPING brontosaurus in this rollicking, rhyming, ROAR-some romp. Can you catch the naughty dinosaur and get back to Granny's house before Mum comes home at six o'clock?

From Alex English and Ben Cort, the bestselling illustrator of Alien Loves Underpants, comes an irresistibly rib-tickling book that kids will want to read again and again . and AGAIN!

Alex's brilliantly paced rhyming text really builds up the tension and sense of anticipation as the story races along; combined with Ben Cort's splendidly dramatic illustrations with their plethora of amusing details (love those scattering rabbits), this is terrific read aloud book