It all starts when a travelling circus arrives in a small village... Everyone is intrigued and excited to see the show, which is said to feature a terrifying monster. That evening, Otto, the narrator, takes a seat in the tent. But when the curtains open, the reader gets a big surprise: the monster on the stage is actually a human child, while the audience is full of terrifying, grotesque monsters! Otto, whose face is finally revealed, is also a hairy monster. Little by little, Otto and the human child get to know each other, and change the way they both look at the world.

About the Author
Stephane Servant is a prizewinning author of novels and graphic novels for children. He lives near Carcassonne, in the south of France. Monsters won France's foremost children's literature award, the Prix Sorcieres. Nicolas Zouliamis is an award-winning Belgian illustrator of children's books, whose fantastical style recalls the worlds of Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton.

Reviews
"Creepy, poetic and profound... a beautifully illustrated book about difference that hooks you like the best of ghost stories, before turning a mirror on its reader and challenging our preconceptions, our fears and our prejudice"
-Jason Cockcroft, author of We Were Wolves



Book Information
ISBN 9781782695547
Author Stephane Servant
Format Hardback
Page Count 112
Imprint Pushkin Children's Books
Publisher Pushkin Press