Gormy Ruckles Monster Boy by Guy Bass
Scholastic ISBN 9781407104591

Being a monster isn't as easy as it looks! Gormy is small, blue and hairy. He has one quite good fang but his roar needs some work. He knows he's got what it takes to be the scariest monster of all - he just needs a chance to prove it!

Cat Tales Rain Cat by Linda Newbery
Usborne Publishing ISBN 9780746097281

A mysterious cat, with fur the colour of rain clouds, has arrived on the allotment where Jessie helps her dad. Nobody believes hippy-gardener, Honeysuckle, when she says it is a Royal Rain Cat of Thailand.... until it starts to rain.