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dex dingo: world’s best greatest ever inventor

Dex Dingo isn’t the BEST at anything. He’s not the SMARTEST, the FUNNIEST, the STRONGEST, or the NICEST. But he wants to be the WORLD’S BEST GREATEST EVER…at something. So when Dex’s teacher asks, “If you could be anything when you grow up, what would you be,” Dex decides that he’s going to be the best at one of the “best jobs ever.”

First on his list: an inventor! Dex is able to create an awesome lab and an amazing team of nanobots, but things immediately go wrong when the nanobots start to multiply and form a gray goo that threatens to take over his neighborhood. It’ll take some quick thinking and a rogue nanobot named Nono for Dex to stop the nanobots, save his best friend, and become the WORLD’S BEST GREATEST EVER INVENTOR.

"Full of imagination and inventiveness,
Dex Dingo is a blast!"

— John Patrick Green, author of the New York Times-bestselling InvestiGators 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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🌟I had the best time today moderating a panel at the @texasbookfest with authors J.C. Cervantes and Kwame Mbalia about their fantastic novels “The Daggers of Ire” and “Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek” but the most heated d
🖤🐾 High praise for Dex Dingo: World’s Best Greatest Ever Inventor! from one of the funniest people (and comics expert) in the world! Swipe for sketches of the first facial expressions I did for Dex.
🌟🦁 The best part about making books is sharing them with awesome kids like the 2nd and 3rd graders at Lansdowne Elementary! Thanks to EpicFest and @cmlibrary for hosting my visit for Dex Dingo: World’s Best Greatest Ever Inventor! @disneybook

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    November 8-9, 2024
    Charlotte, North Carolina

    EpicFest is an extraordinary, free literary festival that joyfully connects children, teens and families with books and the people who write them through activities that encourage a love of reading and learning. In its seventh year, EpicFest has become a wonderful family tradition.

    When: Saturday, November 9 10am-3pm, presenting at 1:55pm
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