This Book Is Full of Monsters

This metafictional guide to monsters dares readers to keep turning the pages: "Are you really sure? Because you can still turn back," read tattered street signs on the opening endpapers. Throughout, van Genechten (the Little White Fish series) serves as a monster guide, cautioning readers about the peculiarities and dangers of each creature. "No! Don't touch it! That tail is poisonous!" he warns as a goofy-looking pink and green monster hikes across a forest at night, carrying its long, bumpy tail. Most of the monsters look more dopey than fearsome (and, oddly, none are given names), but the final few pages may provoke some light fright among readers as they discover a hoglike monster locked in a darkened cage and are invited to turn on the lights and let it out, only to have it leap toward them in the closing pop-up scene. Ages 4-up. (Aug.)

"Children will absolutely love this book of monsters. The illustrations are definitely colorfully eye-catching, and really draw the reader/audience into the story about monsters and how scary they can be. Children will love the story daring/challenging them to turn the page while providing the opportunity for children/audiences to stop reading this book. The book is full of surprises on every page. It is a wonderful book for Halloween time and.or celebrating Monster Day in school or at birthday parties." - ITEEA

"Not just for Halloween, but fun for any time of year, you'll be immersed in the sink, loud, interactive world of monster-kind. Favorite of 2017." —- Imagination Soup