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Hello, Little Monster.
What do you want today?
Can I be in a story?
Imagination is a great thing and most children role play making up their own stories. I witnessed this over a weekend recently with two of my grandchildren, aged 6 years and 3 years.
Monsters feature in most children’s imagination at some time or another. This monster wants to be in a story – but does it want to be a scary monster scaring other people or be the one being scared? The play around these concepts is wonderful. 3-year-old Quinn liked this idea, often playing hide and seek: a “boo” is always the goal, surprising the person trying to find you.
The illustrations are bold but use simple colours. You can’t have a scary story without a witch – or perhaps a ghost?
A very much enjoyed book, highly recommended.
Reviewed by Christine Frayling
I want to be in a Scary Story
by Sean Taylor Illustrated by Jean Jullien
Published by Walker Books
ISBN 9781406363463
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