Dex Dingo: World's Best Greatest Ever Inventor - by Greg Foley

About the Book

"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"

Book Synopsis

After a school assignment challenges Dex to be whatever he wants, Dex decides he wants to be the WORLD'S BEST GREATEST EVER...at something. Filled with clever humor and touching insight, this chapter book graphic novel series follows Dex's misadventures as his attempts at the "coolest jobs" go awry.

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.

Review Quotes

Praise for Dex Dingo: World's Best Greatest Ever Inventor
"I love the kid-like logic of this book! I'm looking forward to seeing where Dex Dingo's imagination takes us next!"
--Ben Clanton, New York Times-bestselling creator of the Narwhal and Jelly 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

"Full of imagination and inventiveness, Dex Dingo is a blast!"
--John Patrick Green, author of the New York Times-bestselling InvestiGators series

"An inspired graphic novel series bursting at the seams with fun ideas and creativity...just like its relatable hero, Dex Dingo himself!"
--Dave Roman, creator of Unicorn Boy

"Strega Nona meets the singularity in this zany comic....[E]nergetic illustrations and off-the-wall story brim with action and humor; kids will be eager for more of Dex. Frenetic, funny, fantastic, relatable--this dingo is a wild dog!"
--Kirkus

"An all's-well-that-ends-well resolution sows anticipation for the next installment of this brightly hued graphic novel series opener."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

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.