Little Bertie Beastie loves being beastly! Only, sometimes he wishes he had some friends to stomp and roar with. But when he sets off to the big city to find someone to play with, everyone he says hello to just screams and runs away! Little does Bertie know, it's the spookiest night of the year and soon some little beasties appear who turn out to be just what he was searching for! A sweet and funny Halloween picture book about making friends and being beastly, from Matt Robertson, winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2020.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Matt Robertson
EAN: 9781408351611
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 211 g
HEIGHT: 272 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Children's Group
DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-09-30
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GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play, JUVENILE FICTION / Monsters
WIDTH: 248 cm
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Book Themes:
For primary education, For National Curriculum Early Years (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 3 years, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Matt Robertson grew up in Suffolk, and spent most of his childhood drawing and creating characters. He completed his MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in 2014, receiving a Distinction for his work. Matt is the winner of a Lara Jones Award and a Macmillan Children's Book Prize, and he was a finalist in the Waterstone's 'Picture This' competition. His first book, Super Stan, has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Picture Book Prize and is the winner of the 2017 Dundee Picture Book Award. Matt lives with his wife in Norwich.
