The Bath Monster - Softcover

Boyd, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178344472X ISBN 13: 9781783444724

Publisher: Andersen Press, 2017

Synopsis

As your bath water drains down the plughole, that slurping sound is the Bath Monster – dirty bath water is his SECOND favourite food. No one wants to find out what his FIRST favourite food is... until Jackson decides he doesn't believe in the Bath Monster any more, and he is never going to have a bath again. Starving, the Bath Monster comes to see Jackson and it turns out his FIRST favourite food is... not little kids, but mud pies!

About this title

About the Author:

COLIN BOYD lives in Nottingham with his young family. The Bath Monster is his debut picture book, inspired by bathtime with his son, and illustrated by his very famous father in law.

TONY ROSS has illustrated over 800 books, which are published all over the world. Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and Hippospotamus was shortlisted for the 2014 Red House Children's Book Award. He was the British choice for the Andersen Medal 2004. He lives on the Welsh border.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 1—Jackson loves playing outdoors, rolling down hills, and climbing trees. But at the end of the day Mother says, "Go and have a bath now or the Bath Monster will come and get you." And with that invitation, we are introduced to Boyd's deliciously wicked Bath Monster, who slurps up his second favorite food—dirty bathwater. One day Jackson decides to meet his nemesis and determine what the Bath Monster's first favorite food might be. Boyd plays on young readers' imaginations about the dirty bathwater going down the drain in the tub. Pages are filled with animation. Text lines swirl down the pipe in a flowing curve as readers view the large brownish-black monster with gigantic eyes and spiky yellow teeth slurp the water through his special red and white straw. VERDICT Children will shiver and giggle as they relish repeated readings once they are privy to the final joke on Mom.—Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA

About this edition

• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 178344472X
• ISBN 13: 9781783444724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ross Tony