ABOUT THIS BOOK

ONCE IN A cave, lived a horrible ugly monster. Perhaps the most horrible and ugly monster in the world. . . .

So ugly is the monster that he can turn a blue sky to snow and evaporate a pond just by dipping his toe in it. No living thing can stand to be in his presence. But the monster is not ugly on the inside; he’s just lonely. So he decides to build some friends out of stone, but even stones can’t stand the full force of the monster’s smile, and they all shatter . . . except for one.

From the innovative author-illustrator Chris Wormell comes the story of a monster whose inner beauty will touch readers of all ages.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Wormell was awarded the Ragazza Prize at the Bologna Book Fair in 1991. He is the author-illustrator of the Blue Rabbit books and The Animal Train. The author lives in England.


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