Shhh!

Shhh! You are about to enter a giant's castle. Can you get through the book without waking up the enormous scary giant? What will you do if he wakes up? Why shut the book of course!

An interactive retelling of a classic fairy tale with flaps and peepholes that will keep children hooked!

'This book is FANTASTIC for storytime with a group of children. It's great to read it with inflection, pretending to be scared of the giant and telling the kids to SHHH!' Goodreads reviewer

'I have worked in a pre-school for 24 years and this is by far their favourite book. The children sit there quietly and as you read the book they are hooked!' Amazon reviewer

“I have worked in a pre-School for 24 years and this is by far their favourite book. The children sit there quietly and as you read the book they are hooked!-- Amazon reviewer”

This book is FANTASTIC for storytime with a group of children. It's great to read it with inflection, pretending to be scared of the giant and telling the kids to SHHH! - Goodreads reviewer

I have worked in a pre-School for 24 years and this is by far their favourite book. The children sit there quietly and as you read the book they are hooked! - Amazon reviewer

Sally began writing in 1984 while she was working for a children's book club. Since 1995 she has been writing full time and has recently won the Smarties Prize. She now has some fifty titles in print. 'Shhh' won the Children's Bok Award in 1992 and was shortlisted for the Smartie. s'Wake Up Dad' won the 1989 Best Books for Babies Award and 'There's a Monster Who Eats Books' in our House was Highly Commended in the 1997 Right Start/Petit Filous award, shortlisted in the 1998 Sheffield Children's Book Award and selected by the Young Book Trust in 1998 as one of the '100 best books'. Peter Utton is a prize-winning author and illustrator with many books for children under his belt. He won the Smarties Book Prize and was a runner up for the Mother Goose Award.

Shhh! You are about to enter a giant's castle. Can you get through the book without waking up the enormous scary giant? What will you do if he wakes up? Why shut the book of course!Shhh! is based loosely on Jack and the Beanstalk and physically involves the child in narrative and adventure. Lift-up flaps cleverly offer reassurance to the intruder until they reach the final pages.Now reissued with a beautiful new cover.'With its understated text and imaginative artwork, this unusual work draws readers into story and setting in a way that few picture books can.' - Publishers Weekly

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