Scheherazade has nothing on Dexter Bexley when it comes to delaying the inevitable. After literally running into a Big Blue Beastie who announces, “I’m big and I’m bored, . . . and you look small and tasty. I should probably eat you up” (n.p.), Dexter offers one alternative after another to prevent his death. The rotund, jaw-jutting, bowler-wearing Big Blue Beastie struggles to maintain his gruff demeanor, but his ultimate friendship with Dexter Bexley overcomes boredom and hunger. Stewart’s humorous watercolor cartoons of Beastie and Dexter supply much of the story’s meaning while keeping the tone light-hearted and never threatening . lmp

Originally published by Doubleday Great Britain, in 2007.

Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie can't seem to be quiet-they're not sleepy! - so they hit the road as traveling entertainers. They meet a not-so-fearless prince, and adventurous princess, and a not-so-frightful dragon and have a great time singing, dancing, and hoot-hoot-hooting...but will they ever go to sleep? This hilarious fractured fairy tale will send young readers laughing all the way to dreamland.