Masquerading as a children's book, Not Now Bernard might perhaps be seen by many as one for the parents who read it aloud as a bedtime story to their little babes. The front cover acts as an introduction to the story, setting the scene. We see a small boy whom we presume to be Bernard, gazing wide eyed at what is obviously a monster, and a fearsome one at that, baring his teeth from on top of a mound. The monster is about as broad as he is tall and is almost all face, with short limbs attached. Opening the cover, we see the monster again, but this time he has his index finger on his mouth and looks as though he thinks he has done something wrong. On the title ...  Read the complete review

For World Book Day, my youngest son's nursery have asked for details about the children's favourite stories. I had no hesitation giving the answer for my two and a half year old - Not Now, Bernard by David McKee. Bernard is a young boy who discovers a monster in his garden but his attempts to inform his parents of this are ignored by his preoccupied parents. Bernard is subsequently devoured by the monster but his parents fail to notice this and continue to go about their daily business until the bemused monster ends up in Bernard's bed with a glass of milk and parents who are oblivious to the change in Bernard's identity! This might seem a strange ...  Read the complete review

Not Now, Bernard is a classic children's book written and illustrated by David McKee. It's been around for almost 30 years and I remember enjoying it as a young child in the 80's. The book tells the story of a young boy called Bernard (what an old fashioned name!) who spots a monster in the garden that wants to eat him. When he tries to get his parents' help they are always too busy, pre-occupied with everyday life, to listen to him! 'Not Now, Bernard' is what they always say as Bernard tries to say something. The monster eats Bernard up and then heads indoors, posing as Bernard. Will his parents notice? Read to find out! This book is fun to read ...  Read the complete review

My parents have just bought a new caravan and as such have been emptying the old one, this book was in my daughters belonging which were found in the process. ==Availability== I have not seen this book in a shop for a long time now which may be because it is such an old book first being published in 1980 it is even older than I am. I have found the book on Amazon and it currently sells at £1.50 which is a great discount as the RRP for the book is supposed to be £4.99. ==Book Information== The book is written by David mckee who is most well know for the Elmer range of books that he writes, David also illustrates the book and ...  Read the complete review

I find this picture book about a little boy trying to get attention from his parents very funny and rather sad and disturbing at the same time. The story is very short with just one sentence below an illustration on each page - the longest sentence is 14 words and most are a lot shorter. This review is probably longer than the book. Bernard goes to talk to each of his parents in turn but they are preoccupied with other activities and don't seem to have much time for him, and everything he says gets the same response, "Not now, Bernard". He tells his mum he is going to be eaten by a monster and she apparently doesn't listen or look, just says, ...  Read the complete review