This was Sally Grindley’s second book published some years ago now and remains one of the most eagerly sought-out picture books for toddlers. Knock, knock who’s there?... Each time there's a knock at the door, there's a different monster, but each time they're wearing the same tartan slippers. First at the door is a great big gorilla with fat furry arms and white teeth. Next time there's a wicked old witch at the door, then a creepy ghost, then a fierce dragon. Illustrations that are utterly beguiling are by one of the UK’s most talented picture book artists, Anthony Browne.
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 Book Award in 1992 and was shortlisted for the Smarties
Prize. 'Wake Up Dad' won the 1989 Best Books for Babies Award and
'There's a Monster In Our House Who Eats Books' 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'.
