Danny and June are bored. So June dares Danny to go with her to wake the Marty Monster. Over the shark-infested seas they sail, climbing up the high mountain where the dangerous wolves lurk, past the jungles where the fierce wildcats stalk, round the bubble lake where the blubber blob bathes, to the cave of the Marty Monster...

 

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 Random House Children's Publishers UK .

After a long career as a secondary school teacher Gillian gave it up to become a children's writer. She has had 7 books published, two with Tamarind, and a further three expected in the next year. She lives in Leicester with her husband and assorted cats. She has a large extended family with twelve grandchildren who keep her in touch with her young readers! Kim Harley has illustrated thirteen books. She is a Lecturer on the Degree in Children's Illustrations Course at the North Wales Institute. She lives on the Wirral. Malorie Blackman was the 8th UK Children's Laureate and is one of the UK's highest profile authors for teenagers and young adults. She has won the Children's Book Award and a raft of other prizes and is the force behind the annual YALC event.