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Tom Fletcher

TOM FLETCHER is one of the UK’s bestselling authors for children. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 in the UK, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. Tom is also the bestselling author of picture books There’s a Monster in Your Book, There’s an Elf in Your Book, and There’s a Dragon in Your Book, which received a Children’s Choice Honor1. The Dinosaur That Pooped picture books, written with his bandmate Dougie Poynter, havesold over a million copies. With his wife, Giovanna Fletcher, Tom is the author of Eve of Man, the first in a YA trilogy. Tom’s books have been translated into thirty-two languages and counting. He is also a songwriting, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record–holding, diaper-changing, galaxy-defending dad!

Follow him on Instagram and Twitter at @TomFletcher and on YouTube at youtube.com/user/tommcflytwitter.

Books

The Real Santa

Join one Black family on their journey to discover what Santa looks like in this joyous tale celebrating identity, family and holiday cheer! It’s not Christmas without Santa! But what does Santa truly look like? Does he match the figurines on the mantel, or the faces on our favorite holiday sweaters? Does he look like

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The Real Santa

There’s A Bear in Your Book

A new interactive adventure from the bestselling author of There’s a Monster in Your Book—perfect for bedtime! YAAAWN! A sleepy little bear is in YOUR book! Can you help Bear get ready for bed? This warm, gentle adventure combines interactive fun with a night-time routine to help little ones wind down before they go to bed.

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UFOs, Aliens, and Other Confounding Phenomena

Hey, what’s going on right now? Spy balloons? Weather balloons? Something else? No one seems to know, or be willing to say, and that means one thing: UFOs. Of course, in a quite literal sense, a UFO is anything in the air we can’t, or don’t want to, identify. Sure, it doesn’t HAVE to mean

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Give This Book Away!

Two award-winning creators team up for this picture book about what happens–and how you feel–when you give to someone else. And then it asks you to do just that–with the book in your hands! Prepare to open a very special book–a book that you read, but that you don’t keep. That’s right. This book isn’t

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Tom Fletcher

TOM FLETCHER is one of the bestselling authors for children. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 in the UK, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. Tom is also the bestselling author of picture books There’s a Monster in Your Book, There’s an Elf in Your Book, and There’s a Dragon in Your Book, which received a

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Tom Fletcher

The Christmasaurus

Move over, Rudolph! It’s time for the Christmasaurus to lead Santa’s sleigh. The Christmasaurus is a dinosaur who lives with Santa Claus and his elves at the North Pole. More than anything, he wants to fly with Santa’s reindeer on Christmas Eve! But no matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to figure out

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EXTENDED! Mondays with Michelle Obama

Penguin Young Readers, Random House Children’s Books, and PBS KIDS today announced a special collaboration with former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in support of the recently announced “Read Together, Be Together” Penguin Random House literacy initiative and PBS KIDS’ “Read-Along” effort on Facebook and YouTube. On Monday, April 20, at 12

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