Bernard’s got a problem: he’s found a monster in the back garden but his mum & dad are just too busy to notice. So Bernard tries to befriend the monster… & that doesn’t go quite to plan. Loved by children, monsters & adults for forty years, David Mc Kee’s iconic picture book is celebrated in this special anniversary paperback. ’...even more relevant in an era of parents glued to their mobile phones’ DAILY MAIL, Best Reads Ever ‘ Arguably the finest children’s book ever written, Mc Kee’s clever fable is both a warning to neglectful parents & a very funny story about being ignored.’ THE i NEWSPAPER ‘ My favourite books for very young children are Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak & Not Now Bernard by David Mc Kee.’ Michael Rosen ‘ Not Now Bernard is THE book of our times’ Frank Cottrell-Boyce ‘ It’s so good!’ Adam Buxton ‘ Funny to a four year old & meaningful to a 36 year old’ Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown