From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2—A scary, hairy monster with green teeth chases and frightens all of the woodland creatures. One day, he comes down with the hiccups. He tries everything, including running in circles and swinging upside down from a tree, but they won't go away. When the other animals see him sitting on a rock and crying, they develop a novel idea for curing the problem. The creature considers how kind the animals were to him, decides to mend his ways, and uses his talents more constructively. The large illustrations, done in graphite stick and watercolor paints, are lively, fresh, and expressive, giving personality to the story. The figures are set against white backgrounds with minimal detail. Any child beset by the hiccups will empathize with this not-so-scary character.—Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OH END
About the Author
Lee Weatherly was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and now lives in Hampshire with her husband Pete and a large cat called Bernard. She has more books than she can count. Lee writes children's fiction for all different ages, but especially loves stories about magic. Lee won the Sheffield Children's Book Award in 2003 for her novel Child X. Algy Craig Hall earned a degree in Economics and Politics from Warwick University and followed this ten years later with an MA in Children's Book Illustration. When Algy is not illustrating he works as a financial journalist for the Investors Chronicle. He lives in London with his partner and their young daughter.
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