Child's comedy romp confounds the expectations of young readers to hilarious effect. * Time Out *
Child's book is so unusual, it's impossible not to get drawn into it ... as with all Child's books, her wonderfully quirky illustrations bring the story to life * The List *
Lauren Child pushes the boundaries of design in a book crammed with a wealth of comic detail * Child Education *
Each page is still a surprise and a delight * Books For Keeps *
A book children will come to again and again * School Librarian *
Lauren Child's individual style is shown to perfection in this funny, subversive story * Bookwise *
Brilliantly observed with heaps of irreverent (but good natured) humour) * Junior *
Praise for Lauren Child's My Dream Bed:
'The pages are full of unexpected surprises to intrigue the imagination and tempt little fingers.'
* ARMADILLO *
Take flight in your dreams with this fabulous pop-up. The bright busy images leap out from the plain black background. * THE HERALD *
...quite the prettiest pop-up book. * THE TIMES *
A 'delightful pop-up book ... flaps to lift, tabs to pull and wheels to turn add to the fun. Highly recommended.' * MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS *
Wacky, idiosyncratic stunners. * THE SUNDAY TIMES *
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 *
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 *
A wonderfully imaginative, postmodern idea. Absorbing and with fantastical zany pictures. * The Observer Review *
Hugely creative, Lauren Child's individual style is shown to perfection in this funny, subversive story. * Parentwise *
