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Billy and the Beast

"An amusing, strikingly illustrated story about using powers of persuasion to put paid to perils"

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Energetic, giggle-inducing, and driven by a little girl’s wit, Nadia Shireen’s Billy and the Beast is a blast of picture book brilliance.

During a forest walk, “which was something they liked to do now and then”, Billy and her ever-present sidekick Fatcat are unnerved by a terrible rumble. When they realise the rumble is Fatcat’s tummy, Billy comes to the rescue by presenting him with the snacks she keeps in her hair. So far, so good - problem solved! But it soon emerges that there’s a Terrible Beast in the deep, dark forest, and he’s making a truly Terrible Soup…

Thankfully, Billy is brilliantly inventive when it comes to persuading the Terrible Beast from doing a truly terrible thing, and her thought processes are great prompts to spark discussion when reading this aloud with little ones – what would you do? Indeed, this is a joy to read aloud, with lots of luscious onomatopoeia to revel in. What’s more, as always, Shireen’s illustrations conjure character with energy, and in gloriously stylish tones.

Joanne Owen

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