Giles Paley-Phillips (text) & Gabriele Antonini (illustrations)(Maverick Books) Today I am delighted to be the Halloween pit stop of Giles’ blog tour for The Fearsome Beastie! And what better than a story about a scary child-eating monster for your Halloween night read?The beastie in question, purple and scary looking, has a fondness for going down the village just …
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SPOOKY READS FOR HALLOWEEN (8): The Scariest Thing of All
Debi Gliori(Bloomsbury Children Books) Little Pip lives with his large family of rabbits in a burrow deep into a wild wood. this tiny rabbit has a huge list of things he is afraid of, some rather standard, some rather more unusual. But when he finds himself alone deep into the wood after waking late from …
The Fabulous Flapdoodles
Chae Strathie (text) & Emily Golden (illustrations)(Scholastic) When the stars finally appear at the end of the day and gentle snores begin to be heard from bedroom windows, strange little creatures appear from the sky. Flying down on their magical broomstick, full of beans and ready to play, the Fabulous Flapdoodles look like they might …
The Beasties
Jenny Nimmo (text) & Gwen Millward (illustrations)(Egmont) Daisy has just moved to a brand new house and finds herself on the first night in a big new bed, feeling lost and a bit frightened. But suddenly she hears a growl … the Beasties have crept in unnoticed and have spread all sorts of treasures under …
Have You Ever Seen A Sneep?
Tasha Pym (text) & Joel Stewart (illustrations)(Picture Corgi) How is a little boy supposed to enjoy a grand day out when every time he ventures out for something fun to do, he is rudely interrupted by some very mischievous creature? Poor Oscar can’t seem to catch a break! First it’s the Sneep spoiling his rather …
Marc Boutavant for ever (3)
for just ONE DAY Laura Leuck (author) & Marc Boutavant (illustrator) (Tate Publishing) Alll children let their imagination run wild every once in a while and wonder what it would be like to be a buzzing bee, or a monkey, or a grizzly bear. This is exactly what this book illustrates with some fantastic rhyming …