Stuart is an unpleasant little boy who would like to be an artist. He is bored of painting his city scapes, and nasty monsters so he sets off to paint 'real animals'. But soon after setting up camp Stuart is meeting all kinds of animals none of which quite meet his high expectations. Until, that is he meets one with the required qualifications - a nice big smile and all his own teeth - and suddenly Stuart's arrogance isn't quite enough to protect him. A wonderfully wicked story with the wonderful moral 'Don't be too demanding of your models just incase those models get very demandin gof you!'

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Cathy Gale lives in London where she works as a part-time tutor on the illustration course at Kingston, as well as on her wonderful books. Anne Cottringer lives in London and works full-time as an author of children's books. Gillian Lobel is a highly successful writer of picture book and author of the best-selling Starlight (Tamarind Books). This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. Adrienne Geoghegan is a well-respected Irish author/illustrator. Among her many picture books are Dogs Don't Wear Glasses (Crocodile), All Your Own Teeth (Bloomsbury) and Who Needs Pockets? (Scholastic). This is her first book for Frances Lincoln.