Jolly Monster Town: The Party Pickle

About this book

Welcome to Jolly Monster Town! Twiggy the log monster is hosting a sleepover. She can definitely organise it all by herself. But when she knocks books off shelves at the library and then has a cooking mishap, she realises that she might need help from her friends. Can the friends lend a hand so that Twiggy's sleepover ends up jolly - instead of a monster muddle?

Bursting with energy and detail, this highly illustrated chapter book is full of fun. The pastel-coloured illustrations are packed with character, with expressive faces on almost everything. Readers will love poring over each page to spot details - especially the map at the beginning. The monster characters are cute and quirky, and children may recognise themselves in Twiggy, who eventually learns to ask for help when she needs it. 

Care has been taken to ensure that this is appealing to newly confident readers, by using a large font that has space around it, and uses infant 'a's. There are fun speech bubbles on every spread, and every word is in sentence case. All in all, this debut young fiction book will spark imaginations and delight children.