Jack and the Boody Monster

Where did the story originate?

While visiting my family in Australia and playing with my grandchildren, Jack who was two and a half years old at the time enjoyed pretend play. We played monsters every day, pretending there was a monster in the cupboard, in the wardrobe, in the garden or hiding in a tree. We had to run away in case the monster caught us so it was a little bit scary.

We had lots of discussion about what the monster might look like, what he might be called, what kind of monster was he? These fun activities gave me the idea for the story which I outlined and started to write on the plane as we travelled back to the UK.

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