The Monster Story-Teller

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An exciting, funny adventure from the award-winning Jacqueline Wilson, in a special Colour First Reader format which is perfect for learning to read. One morning at school, Natalie is very bored. Then she has a big surprise - there is a tiny monster at the window, waving at her! Suddenly Natalie's day is much more exciting . . . They whizz off together for some monster fun, and soon Natalie has lots of special stories to tell!

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A surefire addition to the shelves of early readers * The School Librarian *
Nick Sharratt has brought the story to life with imagination and invention. Children who have just learned to read will enjoy this first chapter book which leaps from the everyday to the unusual * Carousel *
Sharratt's zany black and white line drawings will instantly grab readers of this latest Wilson tale . . . The tale unfolds pacily and wittily, with a special visitor to school on the final pages worth waiting for! * Books for Keeps *

Author Bio

JACQUELINE WILSON is an extremely well-known and hugely popular author who served as Children's Laureate from 2005-7. She has been awarded a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award (for The Illustrated Mum), the Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award (for Double Act, for which she was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal). In 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. She was the author most borrowed from British libraries in the last decade. 'A brilliant writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES 'She should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emotional issues' BOOKSELLER