The creative partnership of Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
hardly needs any introduction for buyers of picture books – they being the
force behind the hugely popular ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ and others in the series. With ‘MONSTERSAURUS’
though, there’s not a pair of pants in sight and for that reason the book may
easily be missed which I think would be a shame as it’s lots of fun.
The hero of this story is a young inventor called Monty. “Monty
LOVES inventing. BUT things don’t always work” and lots of his inventions go
wrong. When Monty finds a book that has instructions on how to create a monster
friend he can’t wait to give it a go. He drops the ingredients into his machine
and “WHOOSH!” out comes a disgusting slobbery “Bogablog!”. Not to be put off,
Monty tries again and “POOF!” out comes a “Dust Monster”. When the two monsters
start to fight, it’s up to Monty to put things right. He grabs his book one
more time and “KAPOW!” out comes a “big, bad MONSTERSAURUS.”
As always, Claire Freedman’s rhyming text works well and is great
to read out loud, while Ben Cort’s bright, colourful spreads add to the fun -
making this a real monster of a book to share with little monsters everywhere; and one that will stand a good few revisits at bed time or in the classroom.
Reviewed by Damian Harvey
Twitter @damianjharvey
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