I'm a Dirty Dinosaur is a 2013 Children's picture book written by Janeen Brian and illustrated by Ann James. It is about a small dinosaur that revels in covering itself in mud then goes to a swamp to get clean.
A star review in Kirkus Reviews of I'm a Dirty Dinosaur wrote "It is nearly impossible to look at without reading aloud, chanting aloud, and even tapping and stamping and sliding: extreme joyousness." Publishers Weekly wrote "BrianâÂÂs narrative lends itself to reading aloud, and it invites both chiming in and imitating the dinosaurâÂÂs movements (preferably sans mud)."
I'm a Dirty Dinosaur has also been reviewed by School Library Journal, Reading Time, Magpies, and Scan: The Journal For Educators.
It won a 2014 Speech Pathology of Australia Award, and is a 2014 honour book, with the judges noting its, "sharp, lilting language to convey the light-hearted, fun filled celebration of guilt free playing in the mud," and, "the illustratorâÂÂs seemingly effortless outline drawings, ..".
There is a sculpture of the little dinosaur at the Storybook Walk, Thalassa Park, Onkaparinga, South Australia.