First published more than 25 years ago, it is great to see these pop-up classics republished in a new, larger and squarer format.
In the first, monsters jump from the pages, displaying all the bad manners and annoying behaviour that dismay parents but fascinate young children. A rhyme gives the story pace as it catalogues the monsters' antics - playing with food, being rude - and the biggest 'little monster' is finally revealed.
In Dinner Time, we follow a 'food chain', with each animal gobbling the previous one, and every page revealing another fierce-looking beast with ever-bigger jaws. There is real momentum here too, with the refrain, 'I'm going to eat you for my dinner. And he did', running throughout the story.
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