One Hungry Monster: A Counting Book in Rhyme

While working in a preschool classroom, there was a child who cried unless I read to her. Luckily for me, it meant I got to read this book constantly! The story is simple enough to focus on the counting aspect within the text. The pictures are beyond entertaining. Each monster comes equip with his own goofy facial expressions and a set of ridiculous actions that keep the young boy on his toys! I love those little monsters!

I loved this book! I like how the story rhymes, it makes it easier and fun to read. The story had a flow when reading it because of the rhyming. Counting throughout the book is great for younger children. The numbers were big and bold which could make reading along easier. The illustrations matched each page of text perfectly as well. The illustrations were small at the beginning and then covered the entire page as the story added more monsters. At the end, the pictures got smaller when all the monsters left and it was just the boy.

I love this counting book with fun rhymes, monsters and food.

This book teaches children how to count to ten while showing entertaining pictures of friendly monsters who are tricking a young boy into feeding them everything he has in the house. The first monster starts out under the bed begging to be fed. The second one is in the closet. These are the two places young children believe that monsters are hiding. The author brings the monsters out into the main house in a non-threatening way.

This book is about 10 hungry monsters that want this little boy to feed them. The create messes and are very rude to the little boy. The illustrations in this book have lots of detail and really help to tell the story. This book can be used to teach kids about words that rhyme. Also you can talk about the use of counting in this book.

This is a cute book counting you up to ten two times with rhymes that are fun and well-illustrated.

Summary: This story is about a boy who has hungry monsters attacking his house. The monsters eat everything and this makes the little boy upset. However, by the end of the book the boy survives and still has an apple muffin to eat.

Critical Response: The author did a great job making this a rhyming story where students learn how to count up to ten in rhyme.

Classroom Connections: This book is great for teaching young kids how to count and also teaching them rhyming words. Students will hold up with their fingers what number we are on. Students will write their own rhyming poem using words from the story. Students will draw one of their favorite images from the story.