'Illustrated by the amazingly talented Ross Collins, this is for anyone - small or big - with an overactive imagination.' Vivian French, The Guardian 'Ross Collins' irresistible monsters are the perfect vehicle for a story so reassuring that the end can only be met with a sigh of complete satisfaction.' Lindsey Fraser, The Scotsman Supposing you woke up and the house was on fire and there was a big black hole in the floor beside your bed and you fell in and a spider fell in on top of you ...In this skillfully sensitive book about nightmares, that is just what a little monster's nightmares are about, until his mother soothes him and lays all his fears to rest. Her stories of pancake breakfasts, country walks and buying balloons soon reminds the little monster that his worries were just bad dreams. A loving and touching book that deals with a subject common to all parents and children. The Author: Frances Thomas lives in London. She is the author of eleven books for children and is published by Hamish Hamilton, Bodley Head and Andersen Press. The Illustrator: Ross Collins lives in Glasgow. He has illustrated five other picture books for Macmillan, Hodder Headline and Watts Publishers.

 

This book was recognised by the Scottish Arts Council Book Award. It was recognised by the Blue Peter Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

This book is part of a book series called Bloomsbury .

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 1999 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Michael Strachan and Frances Thomas are qualified teacher-trainers of primary school teachers in the use of computers in schools. Ross Collins was born in Glasgow in 1972. In his last year at college, he won the Macmillan children's book prize. He lives in Glasgow and is now an established picture book illustrator.