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Picture book review: The Fearsome Beastie by Giles Paley-Phillips

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Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Maverick Arts (May 2011) Blurb: The fearsome beastie is searching for something to eat and the children are at the top of the menu. Will they be fooled by the fearsome beastie and his clever tricks? Our review: Mom, I'm thirsty. Pop Pop, I'm sweaty. Mommy, there's something moving on the wall. Daddy, I heard a sound. How many parents have heard these often-used excuses at bedtime from their kids hoping to prolong the inevitable visit by the sandman? I know I've heard them over the years in my own house. But what would you do if one of your kid's reasons not to go to sleep actually had some credibility? Hmm.... English author Giles Paley-Phillips has taken this concept and created a fully realized, enjoyable picture book in rhyme entitled The Fearsome Beastie , with illustrations by Gabriele Antonini. Penned in the style of a milder Brothers Grimm tale of things that go bump in the night,  The Fearsome Beastie is a quirky, hum