This collection of daft verse contains over 65 poems about creatures of all shapes and sizes, smells and habits - aliens, giants, dinosaurs, monsters, babies, a fish with legs, a frogpig and many more. This is a companion to "There's An Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighbourhood". Colin McNaughton has also written "Have You Seen Who's Just Moved In Next Door To Us" (winner of the 1991 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award), "Who's That Banging on the Ceiling?", "Watch Out for the Giant-Killers" (shortlisted for the 1991 Earthworm Award), "Jolly Roger" (winner of the British Book Award Children's Section and shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize), "The Pirats", "Santa Claus is Superman" and "Making Friends With Frankenstein".

 

There are 96 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 1994 by Walker Books Ltd .

Colin McNaughton was born in Northunberland and had his first book published when he was still at college. He his now one of Britain's most highly acclaimed authors and illustrators.