DEX DINGO BOOK 2 - OUT NOW!
dex dingo: world’s best greatest ever Archaeologist!
After a school assignment challenges Dex to be whatever he wants, Dex decides he wants to be the WORLD’S BEST GREATEST EVER…at something. Filled with clever humor and touching insight, this chapter book graphic novel series follows Dex’s misadventures as his attempts at the “coolest jobs” go awry.
With the whole “inventor” debacle behind him, Dex decides to try being the next best thing: an archaeologist! Dex knows that archaeologists make discoveries that help solve mysteries about ancient people. So if he’s going to be the GREATEST archaeologist, he’ll need to solve the BIGGEST mystery by making the COOLEST discovery EVER!
"I love the kid-like logic of this book! I'm looking forward to seeing where Dex Dingo's imagination takes us next!"
— Ben Clanton, New York Times bestselling creator of the Narwhal and Jelly series
"Dex Dingo is a quick-paced, fun read which will have readers at the edge of their seats!"
— Dan Santat, New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award winner of A First Time for Everything
"Frenetic, funny, fantastic, relatable....Energetic illustrations and off-the-wall story brim with action and humor; kids will be eager for more of Dex."
— Kirkus Reviews
About Greg
Greg Foley didn’t know what he wanted to be when he grew up. So he never really grew up. Just like Dex, he’s always wanted to be the World’s Best Great Ever at something. So he tries his best at being lots of different things like author, illustrator, designer, director, cartoonist, New Yorker cover artist, teacher, inventor, and dad.
Along the way Greg has received numerous honors including the Charlotte Zolotow Award, Art Directors Club Gold and Silver Awards, a Grammy nomination, a Guinness World Record, and his work has been exhibited at places like the MoMa, Centre Pompidou, New York Public Library, Yale’s Beinecke Library, and many more. Greg lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.
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Upcoming events
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San Antonio Book Fest
Session: ACTION-PACKED FRIENDSHIP & FUN!
Author-illustrator Greg Foley’s Dex Dingo: World’s Best Greatest Ever Archaeologist is the second book in his graphic-novel series about the coolest jobs ever—like finding lost treasure and solving ancient mysteries! Author-illustrator C. S. Jennings’s Pet Shop Racers will start reading engines with this action-packed, hilarious graphic novel about a hamster and a ferret becoming racecar drivers—and maybe best friends. These two author-illustrators will show off the zany drawings and imaginative characters in their books. This will be a fun session for grade-schoolers! Book Signing immediately afterSaturday, April 11 · 10-11:00am CDT
in the Copper Kitchen (at SABF)
Central Library 600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, TX -
Henderson Reads Book Fest
Greg Foley will join the 5th Annual Henderson Reads Book Festival
Fifteen talented authors and illustrators of picture book, middle-grade and young adult genres will be on hand to present their work and share their creative processes. More Detail to come!
Saturday, April 25 · 10:00am-4:00pm
Water Street Plaza Henderson, NV