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Carol Diggory Shields was inspired to write SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DINOSAUR STOMP after "being called a Nagosaurus by my five-year-old," she admits. "I started playing with the idea of partying dinosaurs who were scientifically accurate (more or less), and somehow in the prehistoric ooze of my brain, SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DINOSAUR STOMP took shape." Her rocking prehistoric party proved a hit with both young readers and critics. "Witty and imaginative, the poem has a rhythm that makes cumbersome multisyllable dinosaur names roll off the tongue," said KIRKUS REVIEWS.

Currently a children's librarian, Carol Diggory Shields has also worked with children as a recreational therapist and at one time was a designer of stuffed toys. Her years of being...more

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Books by Carol Diggory Shields

Average rating: 3.95 · 468 ratings · 136 reviews · 25 distinct works

	Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Bugliest Bug by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 45 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Food Fight! by Carol Diggory Shields, Doreen Gay-Kassel (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Lunch Money: And Other Poems About School 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Someone Used My Toothbrush and Other Bathroom Poems by Carol Diggory Shields, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Lucky Pennies and Hot Chocolate by Carol Diggory Shields, Hiroe Nakata (Illustrations) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Martian Rock by Carol Diggory Shields, Scott Nash (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	I Am Really a Princess 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Almost Late for School: And More School Poems by Carol Diggory Shields, Paul Meisel (Illustrations) 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating: