Does Frankenstein Get Hungry?
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
In this monstrously funny picture book, an inquisitive young girl with some pressing questions proves these creatures may not be so scary after all.
Tucked up in her bed, a little girl wonders about the creatures rumored to go bump in the night. But instead of pulling the covers over her head, she comes up with a list of important questions, like:
Does Frankenstein get hungry?
Does Dracula floss his fangs?
Does the boogeyman have boogers?
Does the thing that lives beneath my bed get lonely under there?
With each inquiry, the little girl's confidence grows--proving monsters are no match for her imagination! From debut talent John Solimine, this laugh-out-loud picture book has all the silly and gentle reassurance kids need for a good night's sleep.
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Musing on the realities of monster life helps the human narrator of this story feel a little less spooked "in the dead of night/ when I find myself awake." The more the girl wonders whether Frankenstein would like some of her "Camp Scout" cookies to take the edge off his hunger and whether cycling mummies' "crusty bandages get tangled in the spokes," the more she realizes that "Being scared is so silly now that monsters seem so weak!" Debut author Solimine, a graphic designer, works in a bright, playful animation-like style. But the wrap-up may be overly simplified (are monsters really "weak" or is it really that they're a lot like people?), and the rhyming lines' sameness makes the book's series of questions feel more like a catalogue than a story. Ages 5 8.
