The pages are displayed with small and large font which links to the emotions of feeling lonely/Happy. I love the simplicity of this book - its illustrations are bold and eye catching, the text is easy to read. Bedtime for Monsters' was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2011 and the next year Ed had the honour of being one of the four Roald Dahl Funny Prize judges, along with Michael Rosen.

But actually Mr Big is a great pianist, and once his music got to the others, people rushed to get to know more about him. Mr Big tells the story of a lonely gorilla who's days are lived out in fear of ridicule, prejudice and abandonment. I guess books like this always make me feel like, what if you are just someone who's body takes a form that is not culturally "acceptable" but you are NOT also very talented. After all those achingly sad images of Mr Big, it’s an absolute pleasure to see him looking so happy, enjoying the company – and the big time.At home the big friendly drawings are something that can genuinely be enjoyed by both adults and children.

The book itself is aimed at early years readers and this is reflected in the simplistic and minimal text, however the book is engaging and in my view appealing due to the large, vivid illustrations and comical but meaningful plot.This video link is provided to help an adult assess the book's suitability for a child's situation before purchasing it. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). The children also participated in a number of activities based around the text such as role playing, performing in a band and sequencing the events of the story.

A story about being shunned for being different but when able to showcase talents people were impressed. Everyone in the neighbourhood could hear the beautiful music and wondered where it was coming from; people came from all over town every night to listen to the beautiful music.Things changed for Mr Big in the end and he was not as lonely as he used to be as he had something to share with the world. Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example.