- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Children's Books; illustrated edition edition (16 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340722681
- ISBN-13: 978-0340722688
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 21.2 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 857,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Jack throws everything under his bed - football boots, a cheese sandwich and comics. They fester and fizzle and turn into Horatio. Horatio makes his home under the bed, and all the homeless creatures in the house find a welcome there. Until the dreadful day when Jack's mother looks under the bed.
About the Author
Kathryn Cave is an established author of children's books. She was shortlisted for the Smarties and Kate Greenaway Award in 1994 for 'Something Else' which then one the UNESCO award. She studied Philosophy at Oxford and has lived the US and Australia. She has devoted most of her working life to writing. She lives in London and has three children.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply ace,
This review is from: Horatio Happened (Paperback)
All the kids love this book. Jack is a typical kid who shoves the mess under the bed and the magic begins. A beautiful land with castles and rivers is created in the mess with Horatio the most welcoming and fuzzy little being . Then mum looks under the bed and ARGHHHHHH Horatio is cast out.Where is Horatio ? Completely different to other kids books we have read which caters to their active imaginations and turns the monster under the bed into a little guy they learn to love. Watch the bottom lip tremble as Horatio disappears and all the other creatures look for him. Lovely alternative illustration with complex line drawings and simple colours.You can really make this live in reading and also use it to discuss being different etc. One we keep coming back to. Worth buying.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of our favourites,
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley "katywheatley" (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Horatio Happened (Paperback)
Chris Riddell is consistently superb. I have three kids, 9, 5 and 18 months and we love everything he does. This is my 18 month old son's favourite book. He loves the page where Horatio is made in a cloud of magic and dust, and when Horatio is lost, he shouts 'Haysho! Haysho!' until he is found again! We've read it so much we have just had to order a new copy.
Horatio is a magical creature who appears from all the mess a small boy shovels under his bed. He creates magical worlds until one day, the boy's mother decides to clean under the bed and he has to find a new place to live. A terrific story, with as ever, marvellous illustrations.
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