Welcome to the Tribe!

All of the grownups in Tib's prehistoric tribe know that the dinosaurs disappeared ages ago. So of course they don't believe that Tib has made friends with one. But Tumtum the dinosaur is very clever at hiding from grownups. When the friendly red dino saves the tribe's kids from a pack of hungry wolves while the startled adults look on, the shaman decides that perhaps it's time to welcome a dinosaur into the tribe.

“"A boy bullied on account of his birthmark befriends a vivacious vermillion dinosaur in this delightfully whimsical tale of friendship. Young caveman Tib is relentlessly bullied by his tribe. Born with a scarlet birthmark around one eye, the other kids call him things like 'polka-dot face' and continuously hurl insults about the 'blob on his face.' After making a wish to see 'new faces,' he stumbles on a plucky red dino he names Tumtum. Tib tries to tell the others about his prehistoric discovery, though he is dismissed almost instantly. His father, a great teller of wildly tall tales, has paved the way for him, and most think that this apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. When Tumtum makes a decision to help save Tib and his tribe from imminent danger, Tib must work to keep the hunters from targeting Tumtum as prey. As Tib is bullied, he tries to work out new ways to deal with the bullying, and it's refreshing to see him tryand failas he struggles to fit in with the group. Constructed with a uniform panel structure and rendered in an upbeat palette, Bannister's illustrations have a clean efficiency about them that helps drive many of the sight gags. In a nice touch, silhouettes of Tumtum are superimposed over a Lascaux-like background on the endpapers. Fun, imaginative and inventivedino-mite!" Kirkus Reviews”

"Bannister's anime-influenced style makes for some adorable characters with vivid colors and cartoony scenery. The book is full of charm and sets the groundwork for future adventures in what will hopefully be a long-running series." —School Library Journal

Grimaldi is both a writer and a colorist. Born in 1975, she studied foreign languages at the University of Lyon and communication at the Lyon École des Beaux-Arts. She collaborated with her husband, Bannister, on short stories for the graphic novel anthologyFlight and is the colorist for his series Titoss et Ilda (Dupuis). She is the colorist for Tib & Tumtum as well. Bannister was born in 1973 and has been creating graphic novels since the age of 17. He is the illustrator of the popular Tib & Tumtum series andThe ElseWhere Chronicles series. His work has also appeared in Flight Explorer (Villard Books/Random House) and several editions of the Flight anthology. 

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