You're Not so Scary Sid - Sam Lloyd

This is one of my one year old son's favorite books. He is still very young, so isn't too interested in the story - it's more the puppet he's interested in if the truth be told. So the story is about a scary monster named Scary Sid. He likes to pretend to be scary and shout about eating children's fingers and toes, but it turns out in the end that Sid isn't so scary after all and would prefer to eat fish fingers. I think that the story is would be gripping to a child of two or three, and also quite funny. The length of the book - ten pages - is just long enough to keep a little one's attention before they get bored. What my baby likes most ...  Read the complete review

You're Not So Scary Sid by Sam Lloyd is another fabulous book in the collection which includes Calm Down Boris, Wendy the Wide Mouthed Frog and Hello Dudley. These books are particularly unique as the main character in the story is a rather appealing hand puppet which sits on the back page and peeps though a circular window in each page. At the very back of each book there are instructions as to how to operate the puppet and a little statement advising that you use your best monster voice when doing so. I was first attracted to Sam Lloyd's Calm Down Boris after reading a favourable review on DooYoo. Soon after purchasing the book, my mother spotted ...  Read the complete review

My family love You`re not so Scary Sid , my son recieved this as a birthday gift and every evening before bed he has to have this story. You`re not so Scary Sid is a hardback book and has a puppet running through the book which will fit an adults hand as well as a childs. Scary Sid lives in a cave and he loves to be scary so he roars a lot which send my son into fits of laughter! In the story your child is encouraged to sit on their hands and peep through their fingers. After a lot of roaring the question is asked "Do you think Sid is as scary as he says he is?" This is when you child gets to roar back at Sid! Sid of ...  Read the complete review