When Louis moves house he settles in quickly, running from room to room and shouting into all the empty cupboards. But on his first night in the new house Louis hears a monster crying under his bed. The monster is sad and frightened about all the noise that the new family is making, so Louis holds his hand and reassures him. Then when Louis has to be brave and meet all the children in the playground for the first time, he finds that encouraging the monster to be brave really helps him a lot too. This is an upside-down tale of getting to grips with the new by a popular artist.

 

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 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Eleanor Taylor lives in Dorset with her family where she creates her lovely books for young readers. She is the winner of the preschool picture book award for RUN, RABBIT, RUN.