About the Author

Sean Taylor has written more than 40 books for young readers. These include the Purple Class series of comic adventures set in an urban primary school, a collection of folktales from the Amazon called The Great Snake, a novel for teenagers called A Waste of Good Paper, and picture books such as The World Champion of Staying Awake, illustrated by Jimmy Liao and Boing!, illustrated by Bruce Ingman. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two sons. Visit Sean's website at www.seantaylorstories.com.

Neal Layton has illustrated over forty books for children, including Poo, Extreme Animals, What's Eating You?and Just the Right Size. Neal uses all sorts of different media to make his illustrations: pencils, paint, pens, ink, pieces of collage, biros, photocopiers, cameras, a computer, bits of stick, old toothbrushes, dough, hair, leaves, anything that comes to hand… His books have won the Smarties Prize and been shortlisted for the Red House Book Awards, the Blue Peter Book Awards and the Booktrust Early Years Award. Neal lives in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Visit his website at www.neallayton.co.uk and follow him on twitter @LaytonNeal.

Reviews

Sean Taylor, author of the glorious Hoot Owl, revels in his dry, deadpan humour and the illustrations are packed with detail. A lovely book with a long lifespan as there are many combinations of plotline to explore. The Daily Mail Brilliantly conceived, this hugely attractive picture book is also a sophisticated 'chose your own adventure' [...] Whatever choice you make there is lots of excitement along the way in this witty adventure that makes reading words and pictures equally important. -- Julia Ecceshare Love Reading 4 Kids Ingeniously interactive and perfect for reading over and over again, children will love being in control of how the plot unfolds and discovering new settings and characters every time they open the book [...] An inventive and imaginative book packed with surprises... Lancashire Evening Post The pages are full of colour and the concept of decision-making will keep children aged five or so interested until till the last page. What a good idea. Newbury Weekly News The big, brilliant format will delight youngsters and their nostalgic parents in this choose your own adventure style story [...] The monsters are mad, the illustrations are fantastic and the book will be browsed again and again to find out which twists and turns can be taken next. Great fun indeed! Books for Keeps