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Age: Infant-Kindergarden
Crisp, delightful photography make this friendship book an invitation to smile and feel good throughout. Simple statements on each page make this perfect for reading aloud to a wide age range.
Crisp, delightful photography make this friendship book an invitation to smile and feel good throughout. Simple statements on each page make this perfect for reading aloud to a wide age range.
Age: K - 2
"Maddie loves monsters. She loves watching monster movies, eating monster cereal, and drawing monster pictures. She also loves doing things with her dad. But lately her dad has been very busy with work, so Maddie decides to use her Build-a-Beast kit to create a Monster Dad that is never too busy to play. It turns out there are some things that monsters can't do, and maybe a Monster Dad isn't as special as the real thing. The illustrations in gouache and pencil contain clever, fun details that children (and adults) will love" (Goodreads feature review).
Gibala-Broxholm (sweet name) features a child's imaginative play when her dad is busy working. A nice presentation of this common topic that doesn't demonize either side.
"Maddie loves monsters. She loves watching monster movies, eating monster cereal, and drawing monster pictures. She also loves doing things with her dad. But lately her dad has been very busy with work, so Maddie decides to use her Build-a-Beast kit to create a Monster Dad that is never too busy to play. It turns out there are some things that monsters can't do, and maybe a Monster Dad isn't as special as the real thing. The illustrations in gouache and pencil contain clever, fun details that children (and adults) will love" (Goodreads feature review).
Gibala-Broxholm (sweet name) features a child's imaginative play when her dad is busy working. A nice presentation of this common topic that doesn't demonize either side.
Age: K - 2nd grade
"Just before midnight, on the night of a full moon, a young barber stays out past his bedtime to go to work. Although his customers are mostly regulars, they are anything but normal—after all, even monsters need haircuts. Business is steady all night, and this barber is prepared for anything with his scissors, rotting tonic, horn polish, and stink wax. It's a tough job, but someone's got to help these creatures maintain their ghoulish good looks" (Goodreads feature review).
The best element of this book is the casual embrace of all things ghoulish and the subtle humor in the pictures. This is perfect for reading one-to-one in order to really take in the absence of Dracula in the mirror, the barber's blindfold as he braids Medusa's snakes, and the varying monsters strewn throughout the pages.
"Just before midnight, on the night of a full moon, a young barber stays out past his bedtime to go to work. Although his customers are mostly regulars, they are anything but normal—after all, even monsters need haircuts. Business is steady all night, and this barber is prepared for anything with his scissors, rotting tonic, horn polish, and stink wax. It's a tough job, but someone's got to help these creatures maintain their ghoulish good looks" (Goodreads feature review).
The best element of this book is the casual embrace of all things ghoulish and the subtle humor in the pictures. This is perfect for reading one-to-one in order to really take in the absence of Dracula in the mirror, the barber's blindfold as he braids Medusa's snakes, and the varying monsters strewn throughout the pages.
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
What's that scary shadow in the dark? Each animal adds its own scary aspect to the shadow as they step into the light of their lantern. Good scary tale for a young audience that knows the secret behind the mysterious shadow.
What's that scary shadow in the dark? Each animal adds its own scary aspect to the shadow as they step into the light of their lantern. Good scary tale for a young audience that knows the secret behind the mysterious shadow.
Age: 1st - 3rd grade
As a child that watched Are You Afraid of the Dark every single Saturday night, I would have LOVED this book just as much back then. A creepiness meant for kids that love to get scared--but with a happy, funny ending.
As a child that watched Are You Afraid of the Dark every single Saturday night, I would have LOVED this book just as much back then. A creepiness meant for kids that love to get scared--but with a happy, funny ending.
Seasons: Halloween
Supposing monsters existed, do you think one might be thinking about you? And supposing this monster is, do you think maybe he's thinking about eating you up? A fun cumulative tale for kids that love to get scared.
There is definitely a proper way to read this story to your kids. Do NOT read it in a bone chilling voice. Do NOT distance yourself from them as you read it. But DO tickle and keep your child near as you read and play along with the story. The reassuring ending can show kids that things can be scary and fun.
Supposing monsters existed, do you think one might be thinking about you? And supposing this monster is, do you think maybe he's thinking about eating you up? A fun cumulative tale for kids that love to get scared.
There is definitely a proper way to read this story to your kids. Do NOT read it in a bone chilling voice. Do NOT distance yourself from them as you read it. But DO tickle and keep your child near as you read and play along with the story. The reassuring ending can show kids that things can be scary and fun.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
A nice, unique addition to bedtime stories. It was fun to see the monsters going through their own bedtime routines, especially the skeleton gargling goo (and having it drip through his jaw bone).
A nice, unique addition to bedtime stories. It was fun to see the monsters going through their own bedtime routines, especially the skeleton gargling goo (and having it drip through his jaw bone).
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Horror: Monsters
A nearly wordless picture book, the variety of monsters in this story and the various emotions that friends can share, this book provides a lot to talk about and it provides a lot of unique stories to emerge.
Horror: Monsters
A nearly wordless picture book, the variety of monsters in this story and the various emotions that friends can share, this book provides a lot to talk about and it provides a lot of unique stories to emerge.
Age: K-2nd grade
A little boy is worried that he won't be able to sleep without his scary, slimy, sharp-clawed monster under the bed. Several substitutes arrive but nothing compares to his regular. The dialogue is great and kids are sure to love this book. It's a great way to flip the scary monster idea on its head because the little boy feels comfort in his creepy, scary monster, not terror.
I was a little peeved by Noll's genderized monsters--Ethan rejects a monster because girl monsters belong to girls and boy monsters to boys. I understand that a child could find great and funny logic in this but do we need to exacerbate it?
A little boy is worried that he won't be able to sleep without his scary, slimy, sharp-clawed monster under the bed. Several substitutes arrive but nothing compares to his regular. The dialogue is great and kids are sure to love this book. It's a great way to flip the scary monster idea on its head because the little boy feels comfort in his creepy, scary monster, not terror.
I was a little peeved by Noll's genderized monsters--Ethan rejects a monster because girl monsters belong to girls and boy monsters to boys. I understand that a child could find great and funny logic in this but do we need to exacerbate it?