I like this book because even though there aren't many words, the illustrations do an excellent job telling the story. The illustrations enhances the story and the mood of the story is based on its illustrations. Even though the cover makes the book sound and look scary, the illustrations do a good job make the story funny and blissful. When the son and mother are taken away from their home, the baby monster cries out for his "MOTHER" when the other monsters take them (son and mother) from him (the baby monster). When the mother monster comes to their rescue, she says "I want you to take them right back where you found them...and don't ever touch them again". This language use makes the story seem funny instead of scary. The plot is organized well and it makes the reader want to see the next page. The big idea of this story is to let children know that even monsters have mothers and not all monsters are cruel and evil. This book was made for children who are afraid of the dark. When it is time for bed, children get scared by little creeks and noises but this book reassures the children that even if there are monsters, they will not hurt you because the "mother" will not let them. ( )

This is the story of a small boy and his mother who are carried off to another world by a loveable monster. The author is a prize-winning American artist who has also illustrated "When I was Young in the Mountains" by Cynthia Rylant.

A strange sound awakens a boy from sleep and causes his cat to peer cautiously out the open bedroom window. "It's only the wind," his mother assures him. But a form slowly begins to take shape outside until a large eye stares into the room. Suddenly a green monster crashes through the window, snatches the boy and his mother in its claws, and flies to its monster colony in the clouds. After a humorous turn of events that involve other monsters of various shapes and sizes, the awestruck captives return safely home as if nothing had happened. Goode's green monsterthe one responsible for the abductionhas a playful, mischievous expression that makes him a comic star; the other monsters are just as entertaining. Ages 3-6.