Summer Holidays — Trafford Publishing

Dippy was created by Jenni Jackson at the age of eight. She is a magical diplodocus and Jenni drew on her own imagination, without help from friends or family, to build a whole world to explain how she could live in the modern world of today.

The book is packed full of colorful illustrations produced by Julie Giles, a business contact of Jenni's father. The vibrant colours and style of the illustrations is very different to other books and comments from local schools and play groups have been very positive. Jenni was consulted at all stages about the artwork and she feels that Julie has captured Dippy just as she imagined her.

There is a lot for parents and teachers to engage with their young readers over as they enjoy the storey, things to count or to point too and colours to identify. There is humor in the illustrations to raise a smile and if all the above wasn't enough there is a gentle storey.

The first book featuring and introducing Dippy the Diplodocus finds her children, Dippy and their adopted human family on their summer holiday in the Isle of Wight. This is taken directly from "real life" and represents the time when Jenni's parents realized that what Jenni had created could actually be of interest to a wider audience.