Love Monster and the Scary Something (Love Monster 4) - Softcover

Bright, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007540329 ISBN 13: 9780007540327

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2015

Synopsis

A hair-raisingly funny and deliciously spooky new title in this monster hit series!

It’s way past bedtime o’clock in Cutesville and Love Monster is the only one who’s wide awake... Or is he?

As the sounds of the night make his imagination run wild... will he be brave enough to stare his fears straight in the googly eye?

A heart-poppingly empowering, edge-of the-bed story, about how, sometimes, it’s only when we face our fears, that we find out there was nothing to be scared of, after all.

About this title

About the Author

RACHELis a writer of words, drawer of pictures and thinker of happy thoughts. With a cacophony of quirky characters tumbling tirelessly from her imagination, she is one of the South West's most prolific talents. Creating a growing portfolio of beautifully imagined children's stories, an award-winning card and gift empire and a smorgasbord of delicate etchings, silk-screens and hand-printed poems, Rachel brings her own unique sunshine to the very young and the slightly older alike.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2—Popular Love Monster is back for more as he discovers his "brave-inside" by overcoming his fear of the dark. Many children will empathize with Love Monster's plight as he tries to fall asleep and the sounds around him translate into something monstrous. Bright's unique illustrations, created with a technique called solar etching, emphasize the shadows when appropriate, spilling font across the page in a rippling movement that begs to be read aloud. Onomatopoeic words highlight Love Monster's fears, and the clever use of punctuation identifies long, drawn-out pauses. Alliterative phrases like terrible, twisterly toenails trip off the tongue and add to the nimble wordplay. As Love Monster conjures increasingly horrific images from the sounds he hears, Bright presents these imaginings in vivid, bold colors until the hilarious climax. What follows are a series of smaller panels that show how fears can magnify one's reality unless one is willing to face them. VERDICT An endearing first purchase for most collections and a welcome addition to storytimes.—Rachel Zuffa, Racine Public Library, WI

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0007540329
• ISBN 13: 9780007540327
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32