Kid Rex to the Rescue Mayo Agard-Olubo 9781444979084

Meet Max, an ordinary kid with extraordinary dino powers...

It may look like a messy bedroom that needs to be tidied, but for Max it's...a new mission for KID REX!

Cape? Check
Dino mask? Check
Dino-rang and awesome gadgets? Check

As Max's imagination transforms him into undefeated superhero Kid Rex, he's ready to use his dinosaur powers to battle past a giant sea dragon, rolling robots and even a dust bunny army! Can Kid Rex - and his sidekick Dino Dad - defeat the evil King Dust Bunny and return the residents of Toy Town safely to their homes?

A celebration of the imagination, Kid Rex brings adventure and magic to the mundane, making everyday tasks exciting and fun.

Mayo Agard-Olubo is the winner of HUK's Mo Siewcharran Prize 2023!

He's a writer and poet based in London who writes fiction in prose and verse for children and young adults. He is also a winner of the A Writing Chance writing competition, a London Writers Award, and a FAB Prize Highly Commended Award.



He has been longlisted for The Jericho Prize, is a graduate of the HarperCollins Author Academy and has had articles published in The Bookseller and the New Statesman.





Diane Ewen is British illustrator, born in Walsall, in the West Midlands.

She has always been in love with art and graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a B.A. Honours Degree in illustration. Diane likes to create illustrations that are hand-drawn in pencil before painting in watercolour and acrylics prior to embellishing them using Photoshop but she also enjoys working directly on the computer screen creating her designs; constantly developing her style as she progresses.She likes the fact that illustrations are the first things that entice the reader to engage with a book and is inspired by the use of vibrant colour.