Big Like You (a Dinosaur's Guide To Healthy Eating, A Pop-up Book For 2 To 4s)

Meet Rex and his dinosaur crew – they’re here to help with everyday toddler challenges!

Rex is a spirited, curious little dinosaur with four older friends who are a guiding influence in his life. In Big Like You, Rex sets out to discover how he can become as big, strong, fast and smart as his pals. One by one they explain that eating their favourite superfoods might be the answer. He won’t find out unless he tries them, so he does. Enter Big T, Rex’s grandpa and hero, who is always a source of encouragement and love. He reminds Rex that if he continues to eat well, he might just become as magnificent as his grandpa! 

Packed with interactive fun – lift-the-flaps, and ''opening eye'' pop, and a big pop-up ending - Big Like You keeps toddlers aged 2 to 4 engaged while gently encouraging positive behaviours. The text has rhyme and repetition, playful dialogue and familiar themes, which make it a book you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.

• Encourages healthy eating habits
• Builds emotional confidence and independence
• Interactive features keep toddlers engaged
• Ideal for shared reading and learning through play

Whether you’re dealing with a picky eater or just want a joyful story to enjoy at mealtimes, Big Like You makes healthy habits easier to talk about - and a whole lot more fun.

With its cast of dinosaur characters and fun surprise flaps and pop ups this is a playful but effective way of encouraging healthy eating and Rex is a very recognisable and appealing little character.

Books you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.

A super engaging new series with great things to teach little ones. Rex the little dino has lots to learn, whether it''s how to get ready for bed, or how to grow strong and clever. Luckily he''s got some good friends and his Grandpa to show him the way.

It’s a really lovely way to introduce the idea of trying different foods without it feeling too pushy.

A charming story, which will facilitate conversations between adults and young children about how Rex enjoyed tasting new green veg, berries beans and fish. Perhaps they might lke to sample new foods too? 

Paula Bowles is an award-winning children''s book illustrator based in Weston-super-Mare. She is the illustrator of There''s a Poonami in My House (Gallery Kids), shortlisted for the British Book Awards in 2025, and the ‘Marv’ young fiction series, written by Alex Falase-Koya (Oxford University Press). She also writes and illustrates her own books, including A Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab (OUP).

A dinosaur’s guide to healthy eating

Rex wants to be like his best friends – big, fast, strong and smart.
But how did they get like that?

Is the secret in the superfoods that they eat?
He won’t know unless he tries!

With surprise flap and pop-ups!

Created for toddlers and their parents, the Dinosaur Guides approach everyday challenges with warmth, humour, and a little dino magic. With rhyming stories, pop-ups and sweet dinosaur characters the books focus on healthy eating, bedtime routine, new babies and feeling poorly.

Fun to read. Easy to love. Helpful every day.