Rumble's First Scare

by Mandy Eve-Barnett

What do little monsters do on their first scare? Rumble's Mum is going to show him all the tricks to frighten an earth child in their long box. Join Rumble on his first scare on All Hallow's Eve.

Paperback

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Mandy currently lives in Alberta, Canada but is originally from England. Her background is diverse and gives her rich experience to utilize in her writing. She has traveled throughout Europe, parts of America and Canada and was born in Africa. Writing in various genres, Mandy has 10 books published as well as included in various anthologies, and on numerous web sites as well as regularly blogging about her writing journey.

Mandy is passionate about writing to the point of obsession and she succeeded in becoming a published author in record time. Mandy’s venture into freelance writing has been successful and she regularly contributes to Opal Writers Magazine and the Never Been Better page in the Sherwood Park newspaper as well as well as holding the position of Secretary for her local writing group, Writers Foundation of Strathcona County. She is past Secretary of Alberta Authors Cooperative.

Reviews

[Jena Page · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each page I turned left me in suspense. Rumble’s journey left me wondering what would happen next? He is brave and courageous and follows who he was born to be - a Monster. Rumble is a monster who travels with his mom to the ‘upper world’. "Rumble’s First Scare" is a cute story that makes me question who he is or what is he doing? Scaring earth children is not fun for earth children, but for monsters like Rumble this is what they are born to do – to scare children. The book is unique and can open up a good conversation about monsters. Do monsters like Rumble really exist? Monsters who enter homes, guided by their monster parents, who make human children fearful. Looking forward to seeing what Rumble does next Halloween.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute but lacks the oomph that I might otherwise expect. It does feel like a nice vignette into the world of this monster child.

[Mandy Eve-Barnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

A unique outlook of Halloween from the monster's perspective. A charming story of a young monster called Rumble on his first scare.