A beautifully illustrated classic from the brilliant, award-winning author-illustrator, Helen Cooper
HELEN COOPER is the only illustrator ever to win the highly
prestigious Kate Greenaway Award for two consecutive books- THE
BABY WHO WOULDN'T GO TO BED, 1996 and PUMPKIN SOUP, 1998. She has
had several other successful titles published by Doubleday
including LITTLE MONSTER DID IT! and THE BEAR UNDER THE STAIRS,
which won the Smarties Young Judges' Award in 1994. Both are now
perennial favourites in nurseries, schools, libraries and
bookshops.
Helen is married to author/illustrator Ted Dewan. They have one
daughter and live in Oxford.
Cooper has a shadowy style which she uses to great effect, wafting
us into the surreal imagination of a boy determined to stay up all
night
*The Times*
Helen Cooper's beautifully illustrated, dreamy book dealing with
the fears born of children's imaginings blurs the line between fact
and fantasy in a way that provides lots of scope for classroom
discussion
*TES*
Beautifully and evocatively illustrated . . . A gem . . . A simple
yet captivating picture book which youngsters will return to again
and again
*Junior Bookshelf*
Successfully combines the slightly scary with homely reassurance;
it is effectively and simply told, and is brought to life by plenty
of imaginative, detailed, full-page illustrations
*Books for your Children*
Anyone who's ever suffered an irrational fear will sympathize heartily with William, who's convinced that a grizzly bear lurks in the closet beneath the stairs. His apprehension blossoms to the point where he begins saving morsels from meals and tossing them quickly into the closet (``wham, bang, thump!'') as tokens of appeasement. Finally, his mother sniffs out the problem (literally), and tackles it head-on, sending William's fear packing (and the bear as well--a tongue-in-cheek final illustration shows the grizzly parachuting into new territory, carpetbag in hand). Cooper's sunny approach to a common childhood anxiety is bolstered by deft use of light and shadow in her soft-focus watercolor and pencil art, which visually reinforces the elusive, imaginary nature of William's concern. Ages 3-7. (June)
Cooper has a shadowy style which she uses to great effect, wafting
us into the surreal imagination of a boy determined to stay up all
night * The Times *
Helen Cooper's beautifully illustrated, dreamy book dealing with
the fears born of children's imaginings blurs the line between fact
and fantasy in a way that provides lots of scope for classroom
discussion * TES *
Beautifully and evocatively illustrated . . . A gem . . . A simple
yet captivating picture book which youngsters will return to again
and again * Junior Bookshelf *
Successfully combines the slightly scary with homely reassurance;
it is effectively and simply told, and is brought to life by plenty
of imaginative, detailed, full-page illustrations * Books for your
Children *
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