Monster and Boy
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Fall in love with the friendship between Monster and Boy in this exciting new chapter book series from writer Hannah Barnaby and illustrator Anoosha Syed.
When Monster (who lives under the bed) meets Boy (who sleeps in the bed), Boy starts to scream—and Monster promptly swallows him. It's the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
Told with a warm, cozy voice, the story is brought to life with adorable two-color illustrations. Filled with adventure and humor, this chapter book is perfect for sharing with kids just aging out of picture books and for newly independent readers.
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"There's no such thing as monsters," a bespectacled boy's mother tells him before bed. But the antlered creature who has lived under the bed for years knows that's not true: "he knew the sound of the boy's voice, and he loved that sound. He knew the smell of the boy's dirty socks, and he loved that smell." Emerging from beneath the bed for the first time, the monster panics when the boy opens his mouth to scream doing "the only thing he could think of," he swallows the child. At first distressed, the monster manages to cough up the now diminutive boy, and shenanigans ensue: the child is dropped into the toilet, the monster carries him around, and another monsterlike creature is discovered. Barnaby's (Garcia & Colette Go Exploring) entertaining narration breaks the fourth wall indicated by teal pages encouraging readers to take an active part in the story, while Syed's (I Am Perfectly Designed) bubbly monochromatic illustrations with teal embellishments add whimsy to this amusing story about an unlikely friendship. Ages 6 9.
