Once, in a cave, lived a horrible ugly monster. Perhaps the most horrible and ugly monster in the world.
So ugly is the monster that he can turn a blue sky to snow and evaporate a pond just by dipping his toe in it. No living thing can stand to be in his presence. But the monster is not ugly on the inside: he’s just lonely. So he decides to build some friends out of stone, but even stones can’t stand the full force of the monster’s smile, and they all shatter...except for one.
- ISBN10 037592891X
- ISBN13 9780375928918
- Publish Date September 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 April 2014
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Format Hardcover
- Language English