The Big Splash!

by A.H. Benjamin, Jon Lycett-Smith (Illustrations)

Skunk, Fox, Raccoon, Beaver and Hare are all scared of the creature who goes Da-dump! Da-dump! Da-dump! With his fiery nostrils, great big head and hooves of thunder, it's no wonder he scares them! But eventually, with nowhere left to hide they are forced to face what they fear the most. This fun story by acclaimed author AH Benjamin is a bedtime classic, helping young children face their fears to discover it's not such a scary world after all.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 20, 2014

About the author

A H Benjamin has been a children's writer since the mid-eighties. He has been published by Andersen Press, O.U.P, Little Tiger Press, Franklin Watts, Q.E.D and many other big publishing houses. He has written 34 books which have sold worldwide with 22 translations including Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Greek and Arabic. His books are very popular in schools and libraries. He currently ranks 345 in the UK PLR. Also some of his work has been adapted for radio, television and theatre.

He lives in Lincolnshire with his wife, Trisha. They have four grown up children and four young grandchildren who have all been an inspiration to him.

(Sources: Amazon.com author page, Little Tiger Press author page, Hachette Children's Group author page.)

Reviews

[Storytime Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be honest, this book really took me by surprise of how well done it was. The story plot line was perfect and the way the words about appeared throughout the story were really creative, matching the scenes of the story. The message I saw in the story was to never judge anyone by their “cover” so to say. Although, all they could hear was a big booming sound that they thought was something scary, it turned out to be something they didn’t expect. The illustrations, done by Jon Lycett-Smith, were very well done. They really brought the book to life. The colors he used in the book were very creative and matched every scene. I think that it will draw in children to this book because of that.

If you are looking for a good book to splash up your summer, you should check this one out. If there was a fun summer book to recommend right now, this would be the one I would for all you out there.

[Patricia N. McLaughlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute critters, so-so story about friendship and play