A true and exuberant celebration of diversity. Meet Roy, the boy with no eyelids; Herbert, who's addicted to Sherbet; and Moira, a young girl afflicted by a curious and fast-spreading mould.

With more than a light dusting of the macabre, these gothic rhyming stories are devilishly dark and frighteningly funny. Bursting with strange scenarios that you could never imagine in your wildest dreams. The Gruffalo comes of age!

An ideal read for children who enjoy a bedtime thrill and adults who like to plummet down a rabbit hole of mystery and adventure, these soon-to-be animated stories are set to become modern classics.