A charming story of bedtime fears with a neat twist to it. Dora and all her toys wake up grouchy and grumpy after a night spent tossing and turning on account of the scary noises coming from the wardrobe. Penguin, Bear, Lion and Dora herself had all been terrified and not one of them is looking forward to the next night. But the next time the banging from the wardrobe starts up, Dora and her friends bravely open the cupboard door…Nicely scary as well as appropriately reassuring.
What's that knocking sound coming from the wardrobe? Every night, it makes Dora and her toy friends afraid to go to bed and every morning they are grumpy through lack of sleep. Eventually, they summon up the courage to face their fear together and open the wardrobe door... what falls out provides a humorous and reassuring story for all children who imagine monsters in the darkness. With a sympathetically drawn cast of characters, debut author-illustrator Bryony taps into a childhood fear and converts it into a tale of mutual support. Gently funny, 'The Wardrobe Monster' is a perfect bedtime read.
Bryony Thomson completed a BA in Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art and spent four years working as an insurance underwriter before being drawn back to the creative world and graduating with distinction from the M.A. Children's Illustration course at Cambridge School of Art. She was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize and shortlisted for the Bridgeman Studio Award. 'The Wardrobe Monster' is her debut picture book and combines hand printing and colouring with digital techniques.
She now happily tells people that her job involves drawing pictures, writing stories and the odd bit of colouring in; she tells them she has the best job in the world. When she isn’t illustrating, Bryony can usually be found in the swimming pool, running through the beautiful Surrey countryside or baking (in order to facilitate the story writing). The Wardrobe Monster is Bryony’s debut picture book.
