Billy and the Beast
Author
Nadia Shireen
Illustrator
Nadia Shireen
Published
5/31/2018
Age Groups
Early Childhood (0-3)
Author
Nadia Shireen
Illustrator
Nadia Shireen
Published
5/31/2018
Age Groups
Early Childhood (0-3)
Author
Nadia Shireen
Illustrator
Nadia Shireen
Published
5/31/2018
Age Groups
Early Childhood (0-3)
Summary of Book
From the author of Bumblebear, comes a new hero for our times. Introducing: Billy!
Whilst on a lovely walk in the woods, Billy and her trusty sidekick Fatcat hear a terrible rumble… a terrible rumble coming from a Terrible Beast…
He’s making a Terrible Soup out of all of Billy and Fatcat’s friends!
Luckily, our brave heroine Billy has a trick or two up her sleeve (or in her hair)…
Join Billy on her mission to defeat the Terrible Beast (and save those adorable little bunny rabbits too).
Author / Illustrator Biography
Nadia Shireen studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. In 2007 she was accepted into an MA course in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Her debut book, Good Little Wolf, received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.