Peter Brown (Macmillan Children’s Books) Bobby’s teacher is a monster and she roars at him constantly while in class. Bobby would much rather be outside in the park where he can forget all about his woes in the classroom. Except that one day, when he reaches his favourite spot in the park, he finds an unwelcome …
Rachel Bright(HarperCollins Children’s Books) The only monster amongst bucket-loads of cute and fluffy things, the Monster in this story is feeling the strain of loneliness. Nobody wants a hairy, googly-eyed, sad-looking monster when there are kittens and bunnies to cuddle. But the Monster is not one to feel sorry for himself and sets off on a quest, searching high …
Ayano Imai(Minedition) When a gifted shoemaker finds himself out of work, his trusted companion the cat takes upon himself to save his master’s business. So the shoemaker does what the cat requests by making him the most beautiful pair of red boots before he takes to the road. Because the cat has a plan, and it …
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 …
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 …
Today I am really chuffed to welcome Niamh Sharkey to Library Mice for a Fabulous Five feature on monsters! We have always been big fans of Niamh’s at home and own many of her books: Tales from Old Ireland and Cinderella are amongst our all-time favourites, and Santasaurus, which is still one of our regular reads at Christmas time. Thanks to …
Niamh Sharkey(Walker Books) Meet the Hugglewugs, a lovely colourful family from a brand new species and follow as they go about their everyday lives: having breakfast, going to school, playing at the park, having dinner. All this in the happy, singing Happy Huggle way! This bright picture book will be a winner with preschoolers. It …
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 …
AnnaLaura Cantone(Campbell Books) If you are scared of monsters, there is no need to be for the monsters in AnnaLaura Cantone’s book are scared of the dark, like sparkly things and occasionally also wear frilly pink tutus! This is a perfect book for the youngest of readers for a nightmare-free Halloween! The monsters are 100% …
