Praise for Lauren Child: 1 'Wacky, idiosyncratic stunners.' - THE SUNDAY TIMES 2 Books are at the mercy of their owners, but careless Herb, who has defaced his fairytale collection with scissors and pencil, finds the traditional characters taking revenge in Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?, a more robust tale than last year's Kate' Greenaway medal winner, I will not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, with wider appeal (including key stage 2 readers). - TES teacher 3 Herb, the expressively wide-eyed hero of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book, is better at reading pictures than words. Lauren Child's anarchic book inventively plays with fairy-tale conventions. Herb, in his crazy nighmare, falls unwittingly into his own book - climbing up words of dramatically changing typography and being chased through pages by well-known characters. Herbs earlier snipping-out of Prince Charming and ... adding moustaches and telephones exacerbates the chaos. - The Bookseller 4 A wonderfully imaginative, postmodern idea. Absorbing and with fantastical zany pictures. - The Observer Review 5 Hugely creative, Lauren Child's individual style is shown to perfection in this funny, subversive story. - Parentwise Boldly conceived and executed on all fronts - writing, drawng, design and topography - brilliantly funny and discerning. -- Carousel 'A compelling, quirky and highly original story with vibrant illustrations full of irony and humour...An optimistic book about the kind hearts that lurk beneath even the most irritating exteriors.' -- guardian 20050901 'Lauren Child is the illustrator of the moment . Her line drawings go perfectly with the hilariously dark story of Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent, the rich boy who masterminds his family through financial ruin.' -- The Sunday Express 'S' magazine supplement's 'hottest children's books for Christmas. 20050901 Such delicious visual jokes abound in this most modern fairy tale - young readers will love it. -- Books for Keeps 20050901 Child's witty, deadpan text is, as ever, incorporated into her illustrations as a vibrant element... Such delicious visual jokes abound in this most inventive modern fairy tale - yound readers will love it. -- Books for Keeps 20050901
