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A collection of humorous poems introduces 15 unusual monsters.Tags
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All the funny words and sounds in this book, as well as the rhythmic pacing, lead this to be a fun book to read to my daughter. She laughed with me at my mis-pronunciations, and she really got into the rhythm as well. Though it wasn't really short, I got through it pretty quickly because of everything kinda flowing off of the tongue.
My complaints with this book stem from some of the monsters (the monster who is fat because he eats too much but has forgotten that it's his fault as he drinks another chocolate malt; some of the other personalities as well)--I felt like they delved too much into topics and "lessons" that either aren't appropriate for a 3.5 year old or that I don't agree with.
So once all of that is taken into account, it's show more an ok book. Not a great one, not awful. Just kinda meh. show less
My complaints with this book stem from some of the monsters (the monster who is fat because he eats too much but has forgotten that it's his fault as he drinks another chocolate malt; some of the other personalities as well)--I felt like they delved too much into topics and "lessons" that either aren't appropriate for a 3.5 year old or that I don't agree with.
So once all of that is taken into account, it's show more an ok book. Not a great one, not awful. Just kinda meh. show less
Little Monster dreams his way through a series of poems his dad reads to him about different monsters. He progresses from one to another until he’s asleep at the end. The poems are mostly rhyming couplets.
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Mercer Mayer was born December 30, 1943 in Little Rock Arkansas. While attending school at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Mayer decided to enter the field of children's book illustration. He created a portfolio of sketches and peddled them wherever he could. He moved to New York City in 1964, pursuing further instruction at the Art Students League of show more New York, where he met an artist named Marianna who became his first wife. He soon created a new portfolio and with these new sketches persuaded editors at Dial Press and Harper & Row to give him some illustration work. Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. It was notable for being a completely wordless picture book one that tells its story entirely with pictures. Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited for using this format. Five more books in this series were to follow. Mayer joined Golden Publishing, creators of Little Golden Books, in 1976. Through them he has sold his "Little Critter" and "Little Monster" series, which are popular with beginning readers. His title Just Me and My Dad made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. In 2015, his title Little Critter: Just a Little Love, also made the list. His holiday book, Merry Christmas Mom and Dad, is also a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1978
- People/Characters
- Little Monster
- Dedication
- to Kathleen
- First words
- When it's time to sleep, Pop reads to me.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So... Good night,
Sleep tight,
Don't let the Zipperump-a-zoos bite.
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