Author: Dom

  • Roar, Write, and Read!

    Experience the power of stories at Eureka! National Children’s Museum Dom Conlon will be appearing at Eureka! National Children’s Museum for a day of stories, poetry and ROARING! Get tips to improve children’s writing in this series of sessions based around poetry and character creation. Includes TWO readings of the Tiny the Giant stories for…

  • Astro Poetica Book Trailer

    — Thank for watching the Astro Poetica book trailer. You can buy ASTRO POETICA by clicking this link: HERE!

  • Tiny the Giant, I WILL EAT THE MOON—book trailer

    Thanks for watching the Tiny the Giant book trailer. You can buy Tiny the Giant: I WILL EAT THE MOON by clicking this link: HERE!

  • Tiny the Giant, I AM A GIANT—book trailer

    Thank you for watching the Tiny the Giant book trailer. You can buy Tiny the Giant: I AM A GIANT by clicking this link: HERE!

  • Little Lord Lucifer Lazenby-Lay

    Little Lord Lucifer Lathenby-Lay Wore a top hat every third day. On Monday he wore it to visit the Queen. On Thursday he wore it just to be seen. For Sunday’s outing, in rain shine or hail, You’d see him in church (not once did he fail). But what did he wear on the days…

  • Time For Breakfast

    Half a slice of quarter-to-eight Smothered with six o’clock jam, Bash the shells on a two minute plate And mix with a three second ham. Pour a cup and have a sup Of steaming hot twenty-three past. You helped yourself to four minutes more, So hurry to school and run fast. —

  • A Flight of Stairs

    Once I caught a flight of stairs To the land of grizzly bears. I stood on the right, And avoided their bite, But sneezed at the touch of their hairs. — Illustration courtesy of, and copyright, Jools Wilson. Follow her on Twitter.

  • Being A Friend

    There’s really no end To being a friend There’s really no way to walk out. If you leave them too long Or pull out their tongue All they will give is a shout. There’s really no end To being a friend There’s really no way you cannot. If you hide all their clothes Or blow…

  • Catta That Rat

    ‘There’s a rat in my room!’ The old man said, ‘So Catta that rat, for I want it dead.’ But the cat was asleep and the rat was not, so it ran round the room with a skip and a trot. ‘It bit my toes, it licked my nose so Catta that rat, for I…

  • Tiny Stories—using picture books in schools

    When one Year 3 class heard me talk about Tiny the Giant, they were inspired to create a beautiful book of their own. The children took Tiny and made him their own, sending him on wonderful adventures and often even illustrating their adventures themselves. Picture books in schools (at any level) can be a useful…