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The Monster Show: Everything You Never Knew About Monsters

by Charise Mericle Harper

Hardcover, 32 pages

Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (2004-08-30)

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You knew monsters were scary, right? But did you know that monsters feel pretty silly wearing just their underpants? Or that a car full of peanuts wouldn’t come close to satisfying a monster’s appetite? Did you know that if a monster had his way, he’d have something much more slimy than candles on his birthday cake? You didn’t know?

Well, luckily for you, The Monster Show will answer all your questions about monsters. Grab a seat! The monsters behind the curtain will be happy to show you all that you didn’t know, and more.

One Potato Review

Monsters are regularly victims of stereotyping, but they are lucky to have someone as gifted as Harper rise to their defense. There isn’t a lazy page here: detailed, anecdotal, strikingly illustrated, and just not-scary enough for children as young as two; they may be ten before they’ve grown tired of these monsters’ hilariously imagined idiosyncrasies.

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