Are You a Monster?
by Guilherme Karsten
Interest age: 4 to 5
Published by Happy Yak, 2023
About this book
Warning! This book contains a monster. A really angry, really scary, really bad monster… or so the monster says. And Monster has a very important question: are you a monster too?
See, there is a very long checklist to determine if you are indeed a big, scary monster. Do you have a long pointy tail? Big yellow eyes? No? Wait, can you make a big, loud noise? You can! Oh no… you might just be a monster! Eek!
This is a wonderful and fun read-aloud story with plenty of movements, noises, and questions that will have children of all ages roaring and stomping along, as Monster encourages them to be the scariest monster possible. The illustrations are simple and eye-catching and will keep even the little ones enthralled.
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