The Disability Book Archive

[ID: Cover for the picture book The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher. The title is written at the top in large red capitals. The author’s name is written at the bottom in smaller white capitals. The illustrator’s name is written below this in smaller white capitals. Cover art shows a large purple dinosaur and a young person in a wheelchair touching its nose. They are surrounded by snow, snow covered evergreen trees, candy canes and string orb lights. /end]

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Content Warning:

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Summary:

Tom Fletcher has re-invented his bestselling story The Christmasaurus as a rhyming picture-book adventure for younger readers to enjoy.

Santa and his reindeer live as north as you can go,
in a place that’s full of magic (and quite a lot of snow!).
But Santa and his reindeer do not live there on their own,
for there’s a special dinosaur that also calls it home . . .

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 . . .

With Shane Devries’ breathtaking illustrations, a pitch-perfect, read-aloud rhyming text and two magical surprise gate-fold pages, The Christmasaurus Picture Book is the perfect Christmas gift.

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Notes:

This book is part of the The Christmasaurus book series. It is a reinvention of Fletcher’s novel of the same name. I believe the character of William is also a wheelchair user in those novels.

As well as being a successful children’s author, Fletcher is also one of the lead vocalists of the popular English pop/rock band McFly.

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Archivist Comments:

I’ll add the rest of the books at another time. When I was researching this entry, I wasn’t sure if they all had wheelchair representation, but I at least know now that the first book that this one is based on does.

The members of McFly are quite a popular topic of conversation right now- one of their members is currently competing on a popular reality show, after having won The Masked Singer, and began acting as a judge alongside Fletcher on a popular television singing competition. I don’t know much more about their activities outside of the band, but I did know that Fletcher was a published author. I didn’t know, however, that the books contained disability representation. So hey, learn something new everyday.

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