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BEDTIME STORIES - Hardcover

Jones, Terry; Newman, Nanette

 
9781862052765: BEDTIME STORIES

Synopsis

This collection of seven bedtime stories includes the adventures of a disruptive cat called Spider in "Spider the Horrible Cat". Also meet the mysterious disappearing bear who comes to liven up Liza's day in "There's a Bear in the Bath", then turns up again at school in "There's a Bear in the Classroom". "A Fish of the World" tells of a boastful herring who realizes he's not such a special fish after all, while Sam the baker's son tempts a fearsome beast with fairy cakes covered in pink sugar icing in "The Beast With a Thousand Teeth".

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Review

Bedtime Stories is a varied anthology of seven tales, featuring original stories as well as reworkings of classic fables--and all just the right length for reading aloud at bedtime.

The credentials of the contributors are undoubtable. Former Monty Python team member Terry Jones already has several bestselling children’s titles to his name, including Fairy Tales and The Saga of Erik the Viking. Actress Nanette Newman has also written books on a variety of subjects, her successful children’s titles including Up to the Skies and Good Baby, Bad Baby. Award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman is a long-standing collaborator with Jones, his recent projects including The Knight and the Squire and The Lady and the Squire.

Foreman’s lavish, colourful illustrations complement the selection of stories perfectly. Terry Jones’s A Fish of the World, a cautionary tale of a conceited herring and his travels around the world, is accompanied by vivid depictions of all the locations, from the vibrant turquoise hues of the Indian Ocean to the darker, more forbidding depths of the South Atlantic. Nanette Newman’s There’s a Bear in the Bath, a tale of a little girl called Liza and her remarkable bear visitor, is accompanied by warm, lively pictures that capture the chaos that Jam the bear creates in his wake.

Suitable for ages four to eight, Bedtime Stories is a beautifully presented book ideal as a gift and just as likely to be enjoyed by the young at heart as well as the young in age. --Alison Drury

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