I Just Ate My Friend

What’s it about?

The story.

A round yellow creature has a small confession to make: he just ate his friend. He was a good friend, but now he is gone, so the little monster goes looking for a replacement. The trouble is, everyone he asks is wrong somehow: one is too big, one is too small, one is too scary, and one already has plenty of friends of its own. Alone in the dark and increasingly desperate, our hungry hero learns the hard way that friends are not so easy to come by, especially once you've eaten yours. Heidi McKinnon's debut is a masterclass in dry wit, pairing spare, understated text with bold, glowing illustrations against inky backgrounds. Deliciously macabre and genuinely laugh-out-loud, with a final twist that lands perfectly, it is a subversive treat for small children who like their humour a little bit naughty.