Books in Usborne Picture Books series

A cute, funny, and bright tale that shows children that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem. Join the colorful creature Scaredy Boo and all of his friends on their journey to becoming less afraid. Written in rollicking rhyme by best-selling author Claire Freedman with lively illustrations by favorite Russell Julian, this story is sure to appeal to children and parents alike.

This rhythmic read-aloud par excellence follows a clever mouse on a walk through the deep dark wood, where he encounters several hungry inhabitants who want to make him their main course. Lacking size or strength as defenses, quick-witted Mouse instead taps the powers of his imagination to create the gruffalo, a "terrible creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in his terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to ruin the appetites of his determined foes? After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo. Oh, no??