I'm a giant monster, with sharp, sharp claws.
I've got big, spiky teeth and loud, loud roars.
Which is why I say, to everyone I meet . . .
CALL ME SCARY . . . DON'T CALL ME SWEET!
Everyone thinks that little monsters are cute and cuddly, but this monster's grumpy and grouchy. Honest! He does REAL monster stuff, like stomping around and eating squishy, squelchy food like bug eye stew. He's brave, too - he's not scared of ANYTHING. Not even big, hairy ogres . . .
. . . Wait, is that a big, hairy ogre? HELP!

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Smriti Prasadam-Halls has been a children's writer and editor for more than ten years and has written several children's books for the very young, including Jingle Jangle Jungle, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, Hello, Bugs! and Monkey Business.
Ian Smith spent much of his childhood drawing on walls, reading about knights and defending the sandpit from t
Angie Rozelaar grew up in Kent, but has since lived in London, Brighton, Devon, Sweden and France. She studied at Chelsea Art School and Exeter University, and has worked as an illustrator since 2009. She uses a variety of materials to create her illustrations, including crayons, watercolours, inks and pens. She has illustrated Busy Nursery and Busy Christma
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