Couple release first of its kind kids’ book on Scottish dinosaurs

Anne Brusatte and her husband Steve wrote Dugie The Dinosaur to teach children about Scotland’s own Jurassic past. Photograph: Gordon Terris

AS a primary teacher married to the dinosaur expert who advised on the new Jurassic World blockbuster, it became blindingly obvious to Anne Brusatte that there was no children’s book about the astonishing creatures that once roamed Scotland.

To rectify this, Anne and her husband, Steve, whose team from Edinburgh University have made many important dinosaur discoveries in Scotland, have just published the first one.