Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (book)
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids is the debut book by British author Jamie Rix and was the first book in the children's cautionary horror book series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. It was published on 17 May 1990 by André Deutsch Limited and contains 15 short cautionary tales. These stories featured a monster maths teacher, animal nannies, a barber that specialised in making rude children behave themselves, a giant that cannot stop growing, a magical hat, a magic book, magic scissors, and a sweet shop full of mannequins.
Cover of the first edition, illustrated by Bobbie Spargo. | |
| Author | Jamie Rix |
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| Audio read by | Andrew Sachs (1993) |
| Illustrator | Bobbie Spargo |
| Cover artist | Bobbie Spargo |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Series | Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids |
Release number | 1 |
| Genre | Children's horror |
| Publisher | André Deutsch Limited, etc. |
Publication date | 17 May 1990 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 112 (first edition) |
| Awards | Nestle Smarties Book Prize 1990 (Fiction, Age 9–11) |
| ISBN | 978-0-23-398531-2 (1st ed.) |
| Followed by | Ghostly Tales for Ghastly Kids |
| Went out of print in 2009 | |
It won the 1990 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for Fiction, Age 9–11.
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