A million dollar idea — Grannysaurus Rex

Twenty years ago this month Scholastic launched my first book, Grannysaurus Rex. I always knew it was a million dollar idea, and so it has proved to be.

I had the idea for Grannysaurus Rex while doing the dishes in North Fitzroy in 2002. We didn’t have a dishwasher in our rental in Birkenhead Street, and there is something about circular scrubbing motions while your hands are immersed in soapy hot water and dinner muck that really gets the creative juices flowing. Maybe it’s because if you take a minima…