Whether they are Disgusting, Shouty, Unhealthy or Nasty-Natured, [ Steve Cole's] protagonists illustrated in gleeful colour by Tim Archbold in the vein of Quentin Blake meet their comeuppances with plenty of horrible humour, and a touch more redemption than Roald Dahl might have offered * Guardian * An antidote to fairy tales and a fun collection of alternative bedtime stories... This will offer instant glee to its juvenile audience' * Books for Keeps * An illustrated collection of cautionary tales with just the right balance of disgusting humour and darkly comic threat -- Fiona Noble, The Bookseller A book of wild and anarchic imagination with a confiding, conversational flowing style that seduces the reader into relishing the prospect of more horrors ahead * The School Librarian *
