The Monster Who Ate Darkness. By Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by Jimmy Liao.
Paperback • Published October 2009. £6.99 • Age 3+. Jo-Jo is scared of the ...
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The Monster Who Ate Darkness
Peanut
By Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by Jimmy Liao Paperback • Published October 2009 £6.99 • Age 3+
By David Lucas Paperback • Published October 2009 £5.99 • Age 2+
Jo-Jo is scared of the darkness under his bed which stops him sleeping. Then one night he finds a tiny monster under there who discovers he loves to eat darkness. The more darkness he eats, the bigger and hungrier he grows but soon there is no darkness left in the world…
Peanut is a very tiny monkey who’s afraid of everything – especially the unknown. In this funny and enchanting story from the winner of Booktrust’s Best New Illustrator Award, Beetle helps his friend Peanut to understand the world around him, and he begins to realise things aren’t really that scary. In fact, the world is a very exciting place indeed. This delightfully reassuring tale about a little monkey the size of a nut is brought to life by magical, large scale illustrations by David Lucas.
Walker Books is delighted to present this extraordinary picture book from Asia’s most brilliant young illustrator Jimmy Liao and celebrated UK children’s author Joyce Dunbar. This is the first time Jimmy’s work has been published by a Western House, and the first time that he has illustrated an author’s original text.
‘Inventive’
The Daily Telegraph
‘Jimmy Liao deserves special praise for his riotous use of colour’
The Evening Standard
‘…(a) simple colourful story’
The Evening Standard
‘A treat to behold’
School Librarian
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