Monsters Never Get Haircuts

by Marie-Hélène Versini (Author) Vincent Boudgourd (Illustrator)

Monsters Never Get Haircuts
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

This funny and quirky picture book celebrates children's imagination.

The narrator of this book knows exactly what monsters are like: they never brush their hair or go to the dentist; they don't wear glasses or play the piano or put on their shoes . . . Monsters don't know they are monsters. They don't do this and they don't do that, and do you know why? Because monsters don't exist!

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Kirkus Reviews

This look at monsters is fun, original, and even a bit soothing.

Publishers Weekly

Monsters--they're not just like us! Adding to the titular pronouncement, Versini supplies a quirky catalog of human behaviors, asserting much that monsters don't do. They don't visit the dentist, wear nail polish, sport glasses, swim, or play football, and they definitely "don't drink strawberry milk," Versini writes in straightforward phrases. Doodle-style pencil-and-paint-textured illustrations from Boudgourd portray variously shaped monsters attempting or avoiding assorted human pursuits: a toothy Loch Ness-type wears a too-small flowered inflatable inner tube, and a brown many-toed monster stands next to a pair of red heels unlikely to fit. By book's end, the creators offer a reality-based reassurance for monster-wary young readers. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)

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Review quotes

"[T]he spare text is effective, allowing readers to linger on Boudgourd's wonderfully beastly oil paint and pencil illustrations . . . . This look at monsters is fun, original, and even a bit soothing." - Kirkus
Marie-Hélène Versini
Marie-Hélène Versini is a former journalist, who currently works as a copywriter in advertising. She likes the sea, Italy, animals, plastic arts, clothes (with an obsession for shoes), books, talking nonsense, and making children laugh. She now lives in Rennes, France.

Vincent Boudgourd
is the art director at a publicity agency. He enjoys posters and illustrations from the 1950s through the 1970s, traveling, waves, wide-open spaces, and meat and potatoes. He lives in Rennes, France.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781914912733
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Boxer Books
Publication date
September 20, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
Library of Congress categories
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