Dungzilla

(Original black & white edition)

Written and illustrated by James Foley.
Published by Fremantle Press, Sept 1st, 2017
ISBN: 9781925164831 (paperback)

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🇳🇱 Available in Dutch
Published by De Eenhorn, 2018
(Translator: Pim Lammers)
ISBN: 9789462913639

🇰🇷 Available in Korean
Published by 책과콩나무 (Book N Bean), 2019
(Translator: Kim In-kyung)
ISBN: 9791189734275

🇹🇷 Available in Turkish
Published by İthaki Çocuk, 2021
(Translator: Bilgesu Yaprak)
ISBN: 9786257360388

🇨🇳 Available in Chinese
包邮发明公司 (‘Invention Company’ – box set)
Published by 长江少年儿童出版社 (Yangtze River Children’s Publishing House), 2023
(Translator: Sun Peng)
ISBN: 9787572142048

Sally Tinker – creator of Brobot and the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve – is back. Sally has built a machine capable of enlarging any object, but when she tries resizing a slice of pizza she accidentally enlarges a dung beetle to scary proportions. As the hungry beetle rolls itself a dung ball large enough to crush an entire town, Sally races to shrink down the monster, before it’s too late.

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Full-colour edition!

Released April 2025
ISBN: 9781760993368

Sally, Charli and Douglas the dung beetle are back, now in fantastic full colour! This new edition also includes a bonus extra story called One Small Step for Mammoth.

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Awards

Finalist, 2017 Aurealis Awards (Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated Work category)
Shortlist, 2018 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (Younger Readers category)

Reviews

‘4.5 out of 5 stars. Told in a highly graphic style through illustrated panels, this is a genuinely funny story that’s also packed full of knowledge. Beginner readers aged six to eight will not only laugh themselves stupid at the plethora of poo jokes, they’ll also learn a lot about insects and biology.’
– Junior Books+Publishing

‘I liked the book because it was very action packed and so funny … it was different and like nothing I’ve ever read before … I really enjoyed reading this book and I think other children would enjoy this book too.’
– Aaliyah, age 9, YARR-A

” [The S.Tinker Inc.] books are absolutely hilarious! Some of the funniest books I’ve read. Confident readers will love them but they are great to hook those kids who ‘don’t like reading’ … an invaluable addition to your graphic novel collection.”
– Zac McCallum, My Best Friends Are Books