A pin-sharp tale of busy parents and hungry monsters, the delightfully dark humour of McKee's evergreen picture book classic has delighted generations of children.
Bernard's got a problem: he's found a monster in the back garden but his mum and dad are just too busy to notice. So Bernard tries to befriend the monster… and that doesn't go quite to plan.
From the creator of Elmer and Mr Benn, David McKee's classic picture book has been loved by children, monsters and adults for over forty years!
‘...even more relevant in an era of parents glued to their mobile phones’ DAILY MAIL, Best Reads Ever
'Arguably the finest children’s book ever written, McKee’s clever fable is both a warning to neglectful parents and a very funny story about being ignored.' THE i NEWSPAPER
'My favourite books for very young children are Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and Not Now Bernard by David McKee.' Michael Rosen
'Not Now Bernard is THE book of our times' Frank Cottrell-Boyce
'It's so good!' Adam Buxton
'Funny to a four year old and meaningful to a 36 year old' Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781783449736
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 210 g
Dimensions: 281 x 241 x 4 mm
"My favourite books for very young children are Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and Not Now Bernard by David McKee." - Michael Rosen
"Not Now Bernard is THE book of our times" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce
"Arguably the finest children's books ever written, McKee's clever fable is both a warning to neglectful parents and a very funny story about being ignored." - The i
"It's so good!" - Adam Buxton
"Not Now, Bernard could be the most profound picture book I’ve ever read. [It’s] possibly my favourite picture book of all time. It's so powerful, it's so funny, dark - it's everything. That to me is the number one kids book of all time... It's funny to a four year old and meaningful to a 36 year old" - Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown
This was my favourite book when I was a child, and now I buy it for all my friend's children! It's dark in the tradition of all the best fairy tales but it's too humorous to be scary, with a meaningful... More
This book is one I would recommend to any parent of a young child. Important moral's for both children and adults. Was read this by my parents when i was younger, and now passed down to read to my son. We love it... More
Even though its aesthetic is very much of its era (sort of yellow-submarine-ish and a teeny bit psychedelic), it still looks appealing and modern. The story is simple: kid gets eaten by monster, parents don't... More
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