Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob
Published on 27. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-241-68445-0 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2025: Picture Book Category
Included in the best new picture books and novels round-up in The Guardian, 2025.
Whether you are a vampire or a ghost, a werewolf or a yeti, a bedtime routine is absolutely essential for a good night's sleep. ? Adults and children will fall in love with Blob and the whole cast of monsters as they brush their teeth, put on their pyjamas, and get tucked up in bed.
Warm, loving and slimy, this hilarious rhyming picture book is the perfect addition to bedtime reading, ending with a kiss and sweet dreams for all.
"All creatures grim and evil,
under the tired sun, are settling
down - and so must you, my
horrible little one."
"This rhyming bedtime picture book is a witty, tender mix of the adorable and the appalling." - The Guardian
"Huw Aaron takes the traditional bedtime story and flips it on its head with this lovely rhyming tale that understands you're never too young for a bit of gentle irony. A perfect bedtime story for the disgusting blob in your life." - The Times
Included in the best new picture books and novels round-up in The Guardian, 2025.
Whether you are a vampire or a ghost, a werewolf or a yeti, a bedtime routine is absolutely essential for a good night's sleep. ? Adults and children will fall in love with Blob and the whole cast of monsters as they brush their teeth, put on their pyjamas, and get tucked up in bed.
Warm, loving and slimy, this hilarious rhyming picture book is the perfect addition to bedtime reading, ending with a kiss and sweet dreams for all.
"All creatures grim and evil,
under the tired sun, are settling
down - and so must you, my
horrible little one."
"This rhyming bedtime picture book is a witty, tender mix of the adorable and the appalling." - The Guardian
"Huw Aaron takes the traditional bedtime story and flips it on its head with this lovely rhyming tale that understands you're never too young for a bit of gentle irony. A perfect bedtime story for the disgusting blob in your life." - The Times
Reviews / Votes
Welsh author, illustrator and graphic novelist Aaron has flipped the traditional bedtime story on its head to create a delightfully different rhyming tale about child monsters and villains settling down for the night. But, rather than causing a fright, it brims with just the right amount of loving cosiness to help mini humans drift off. * Observer * Featuring a catalogue of sleepy monsters from cyborg to yeti, winding down alongside the cute little blob of the title, this rhyming bedtime picture book is a witty, tender mix of the adorable and the appalling. * Guardian * A monstrously original twist on a bedtime story... Full of reassurance, humour and brilliant illustrations * Daily Mail * Witty and wholly original ... this (is) a delicious monster-y tale * The Bookseller *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 7 years
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 232 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-68445-0 (9780241684450)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
03/2025
Puffin
€7.99
Available for download
Person
Huw Aaron is a Welsh cartoonist, author and illustrator, and the creator of the bestselling Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob and Unfairies . After a short and fairly hopeless career in finance, Huw found a niche as a magazine cartoonist, producing joke cartoons for, among others, Private Eye, Prospect and The Spectator. Huw then started making comics and illustrating children's books in his native Welsh. Since 2013, he has written or illustrated over 60 Welsh-language books, and has won numerous awards including the 2023 Tir na n-Og and Welsh Children's Book of the Year prizes. He was also founding editor of the comic Mellten, and presented the weekly art programme Cer i Greu on S4C. Huw's harshest critics - and his best friends - are his wife Luned and their two daughters.