Erika and the Angermare

Description

From Tom Percival, the creator of Ruby's Worry and the Big Bright Feelings series, comes an illustrated series exploring big emotions through exciting adventure! Erika Delgano can sometimes get a little angry . . . Her little brother manages to ruin EVERYTHING, and her parents don't have ANY time for her. And one night things go from bad to worse when she falls asleep upset - she finds herself stuck in a bad dream with no way to get home AND being chased by a terrifying ANGERMARE. Enter the DREAM DEFENDERS - a top-secret organisation that will banish your worries while you sleep! Can they help Erika stand up to the Angermare, or will she be trapped forever? Erika and the Angermare (previously published as Attack of the Heebie Jeebies) is the first title in Tom Percival's Dream Defenders series. Discover more of their adventures in Chanda and the Devious Doubt and Silas and the Marvellous Misfits.

Tom Percival writes and illustrates all sorts of children's books. He has produced cover illustrations for the Skulduggery Pleasant series, written and illustrated the Little Legends, the Dream Defenders series, as well as twelve picture books. His Big Bright Feelings picture book series includes the Kate Greenaway-nominated Ruby's Worry, as well as Perfectly Norman and Ravi's Roar, and has been translated into twenty one languages. The Invisible is a powerful picture book exploring poverty and those who are overlooked in our society. In 2020 he created the animation Goodbye Rainclouds, for BBC Children in Need to celebrate unsung heroes and launch their campaign. He lives in Gloucestershire with his partner and their two children. Tom has been drawing since he's been able to hold a pencil, and making up stories for as long as he can remember, in fact, probably longer, especially as his memory is not what it once was. Basically, he's been making things up his whole life and he's not about to stop any time soon.

Encouraging children to find joy in, and celebrate, their differences is so powerful in today's society. Tom inspires this mindset in the most fun, engaging, action-packed way. I would have loved to read this book as a child. -- Marcus Rashford MBE on Silas and the Marvellous Misfits, book 3 in the DREAM DEFENDERS series.