PS: Just found this in the paper. It’s by one of my favourite cartoonists, Martin Rowson. And yes, that does appear to be THE SNOWMAN, by Raymond Briggs in a starring role. Hee hee hee!
Archive > February 2009
Book? Comfy reading spot? ACTION!
Looks like we’re stuck in this cave for the duration (sigh) so I’ve been taking the chance to check out more books by my fellow prisoners. With the recent snow and plummeting temperatures in here I needed something pretty floomin’ entertaining to take my mind off our situation, believe you me. I’m thrilled to say [...]
On The Buses
Sigh. No-one believes in anything these days, as an ad campiagn on the side of London’s buses confirms…
First News
The outside world has heard of my plight! My story made it into the top children’s newspaper, First News… Hang on – they don’t mention that I’m missing at all! NOOOO!!!
The Rescue Attempt – Part 2
More from TBM Guest Blogger – Elizabeth Kay… I needed a van to be able to transport all the gear you suggested. Some of the items were too American. I took a cricket bat in place of a baseball bat, and I had to look up Twinkies on the internet – fairy cakes seemed to [...]
Readathon 2009
The postman managed to get past the monsters unharmed this morning, and I found something that’s made me grin. A lot. Each year, Readathon challenges thousands of children to find people who will sponsor them to read more books, with all the profits going directly to CLIC Sargent and The Roald Dahl Foundation – two [...]
No Wonder the Monsters Like Elizabeth!
When I heard rumour that Elizabeth Kay might be coming to our rescue, I quickly rummaged through the monsters’ shelves and bagged myself the copy of The Divide. No wonder the monsters like her! She’s created a wonderful world in which many of our more famous monsters – dragons, griffins, vampires, werewolves etc. – can live (for the [...]
Monstrous G-Forces
I thought I had come up with a brilliant scheme to confuse the monsters for long enough to let us all out of here. I revealed to them that the title of the 8th (and final) Jimmy Coates book will be a single word beginning with G. And for a while I really had them [...]
Never A Crossword
Except for here! Yes, it’s the official Trapped By Monsters crossword! Click here to download the puzzle (in .pdf format) then you can print it off and battle against it – with your brain! Each answer can be found either on the TBM site, or in the Amazon listing for the authors’ books.
The Rescue Attempt – Part 1
From TBM Guest Blogger – Elizabeth Kay… I was walking back through the snow on Monday night, minding my own business and plotting out this really great story about a monster who dies from acute indigestion when I heard it. “Psst. Hey, you.” The voice was somewhere between a gravelly burp and a wet fart, [...]
