The Fearsome Beastie (Picture Books) - Softcover

Giles Paley-Phillips

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848860668 ISBN 13: 9781848860667

Publisher: Maverick Arts Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The fearsome beastie is hungry, so he leaves his cave in search of something to eat. The children of the town are fooled by the beastie s sly tricks and end up getting eaten! But don t fear, little Pete escapes and gets the one person who can save the day. His granny! Granny takes up her axe and chops beastie in half! All the children come out unharmed and they celebrate with a yummy beastie stew! The Fearsome Beastie is being adapted into a CG animation by Slurpy Studios and UCA Farnham for release in Summer 2014.

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Review:

This is a book not for the faint-hearted, so I wouldn't recommend it for kids with a more sensitive disposition. About a fearsome beastie that lives in a cave and comes out at night hunting for children, it has shades of the Three Little Pigs about it. After scoffing a few gullible children, he meets his end when a no-nonsense granny comes to the rescue with an axe, freeing the kids from his tummy and turning him into stew. Now, my daughter s only two years old and has been known to be a bit of a scaredy cat at times. She cowers at all manner of things, but shouts with glee in equal measure at others. In short, her scaredy quirks are unpredictable. What I think she won t like, she often loves with a passion. This book is one of them. As I read the words to her and showed her the dark picture of the menacing beastie, her eyes lit up. I think she quite liked him actually. She thought the idea of gran coming to the rescue absolutely hilarious and asked me to explain why HER Mar Mar doesn't make beastie stew. I guess it goes to show that with books and encouraging young kids to read, often anything goes. After all, what does mum know anyway? --/www.mothersalwaysright.com

Written in rhyme this is a perfect book for kids in reception as I found it helped to reinforce the structure of words. Boy and Fifi loved this story and we spent quite a while discussing what they would do if the Beastie came to get them. It has wonderful illustrations and is a joy to read, and I for one will never look at grannies in the same way again. Fabulous, we like, a lot! A Terrific little Picture Book - --Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian

Really Enjoyed this, it's inspired me to do a picture book' --David Walliams

Written in rhyme this is a perfect book for kids in reception as I found it helped to reinforce the structure of words. Boy and Fifi loved this story and we spent quite a while discussing what they would do if the Beastie came to get them. It has wonderful illustrations and is a joy to read, and I for one will never look at grannies in the same way again. Fabulous, we like, a lot! A Terrific little Picture Book - --Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian

Really Enjoyed this, it's inspired me to do a picture book' --David Walliams

About the Author:

Giles Paley-Phillips is a well established author and poet. Before turning his hand to writing, he pursued a career in music and has played at The Glastonbury Festival. He lives in East Sussex with his wife and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Maverick Arts Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848860668
• ISBN 13: 9781848860667
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Gabriele Antonini