Synopses & Reviews
Only William knows about the big great bear living under the stairs. He's sure he saw one lurking there.
A beautifully illustrated book dealing with childhood fears. Wonderfully poetic and reassuring.
Helen Cooper is the only illustrator ever to win the highly prestigious Kate Greenaway Award for two consecutive books: The Baby Who Wouldnt Go to Bed and Pumpkin Soup. She has had several other successful titles published including Little Monster Did It! and The Bear Under the Stairs, which won the Smarties Young Judges' Award in 1994. Both are now perennial favourites in nurseries, schools, libraries and bookshops.
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William is scared of the place under the stairs. He is absolutely sure there's a great big and probably hungry grizzly bear lurking there. He is utterly convinced that the bear will gobble him up if he doesn't feed it, so every day he carefully opens the door, throws in some food and slams it shut quickly - wham, bang, thump
Find out what happens when a nastly smell pervades the house and Mum and William decide to investigate . . .
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