The Giant Devil Dingo (1973) is a picture book for children by Dick Roughsey.

It describes how the dreamtime devil-dingo, Gaiya, of lower Cape York Peninsula mythology was reborn and domesticated to become man's friend and helper.

But the chase and basic situation (in Europe the hungry pursuers would be a witch and her familiar) are as easy to grasp as the peculiarly Australian flavor is authentic.

And despite the sameness of the scenes—repetitive in scale, perspective and color—Roughsey's flat, clay colored paintings (with dabs of green for foliage) are the more effective for their amateur look—especially where that huge-tongued, red-eyed dingo opposes the small, faceless, dimly differentiated humans.

"[3]The Giant Devil Dingo has also been reviewed by The Sydney Morning Herald and Reading Time.