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22nd out of 191 books
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72 voters
Go Away, Big Green Monster!
by
Ed Emberley
Caldecott Award-winning author-artist Ed Emberley has created an ingenious way for children to chase away their nighttime fears. Kids can turn the pages of this die-cut book and watch the Big Green Monster grow. Then, when they're ready to show him who's in charge, they'll turn the remaining pages and watch him disappear! This lavish reissue features dramatic die-cut eyes...more
Unknown Binding, 32 pages
Published
April 1st 1993
by LB Kids
(first published 1992)
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My Preschool students love this book! Whenever I finish reading it to them, they always ask me to read it one more time. And I always agree, because there's no way I'm not going to reward an interest in books!
I make sure to reiterate the pages when the monster starts "going away" body part by body part -e.g, "No eyes!"- because my students are learning English as their second language, and the kids always have fun miming the pages. For example, when I gasp and tell them the monster has no ears,...more
I make sure to reiterate the pages when the monster starts "going away" body part by body part -e.g, "No eyes!"- because my students are learning English as their second language, and the kids always have fun miming the pages. For example, when I gasp and tell them the monster has no ears,...more
Aug 24, 2012
Featherquil
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Featherquil by:
Intro to Children's Literature class
Shelves:
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This cleverly constructed book is a demonstration of imagination and therefore intrigues the part of me that studied psychology and is fascinated by how our brains work. It builds a literal image of the monster as it describes each of his features, much the way the mind would create an image piece by piece if given a list of details, then the book takes away the monster feature by feature, much as one might suggest that a child who is afraid of the monster do, actually destroying it. By breaking...more
The Big Green Monster has two yellow eyes, a long bluish-greenish nose, and two little squiggly ears. As you turn the pages of this book the die-cut paper gradually brings the big green monster to life. But don’t worry, the Big Green Monster doesn’t scare you because you can turn the pages and watch as the monster disappears feature by feature, “Go away, Big Green Monster!”
Emberley uses simple and colorful shapes and die-cuts set to create the kind of scary, kind of silly Big Green Monster. The...more
Emberley uses simple and colorful shapes and die-cuts set to create the kind of scary, kind of silly Big Green Monster. The...more
This is a picture book intended for nursery aged children. It has won the Parents Choice Gold award. In this book part by part the big green monster appears and then part by part the big green monster disappears and is told to not come back. I believe this book deserves four stars because it is an attention grabbing picture book, especially the illustrations of the monster. The illustrations of the monster make him appear silly, they include bright contrasting colors demanding attention. The la...more
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
is a book of cut out pages that page by page reveal a monster and then make it disappear. The simple cuts and the bold colors appeal to both young children and older artists and because of this, is a delight to read to groups of children or individually.
I have used Go Away, Big Green Monster! for story hour both in the US and in Costa Rica with children as young as 3 and as old as 8th grade with marvelous responses. There are always requests to Read it...more
is a book of cut out pages that page by page reveal a monster and then make it disappear. The simple cuts and the bold colors appeal to both young children and older artists and because of this, is a delight to read to groups of children or individually.
I have used Go Away, Big Green Monster! for story hour both in the US and in Costa Rica with children as young as 3 and as old as 8th grade with marvelous responses. There are always requests to Read it...more
Their are a lot of design elements in a picture-book, we need to take in consideration for example the space in the images also the lines, shapes and color the artist has chosen. I think the illustrator from Go Away, Big Green MONSTER had a lot of fun with this book i really liked how the story is written on only one side of the pages and it has a sequence for showing each of the facial elements the book is talking about, also at the end the cut out shapes and colors start to go away as the chil...more
Go Away Big Green Monster is a picture book written by Ed Emberley. The intended ages of this book are N birth through five years of age. This book is about taking apart monsters features with each turn of the page, until the last page where there is no monster at all. The design of the book is cut out pages that overlap each other to create a monster. The storyline for this book is to show children that something may look like a monster until you take it apart. I rated this book a five because...more
Sep 12, 2012
Diana Judd
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Go Away,Big Green Monster! is all about empowering children and telling them that they are in control and don't have to give in to their fears. For a lot of kids that are afraid of monsters in the closets or under their bed, I think this is a useful tool for reminding them that they can make those scary monsters go away if they don't want them to. I think this is a really fun book because as the narrator describes this monster, the monster starts being built on the pages through cutouts and colo...more
My 3-year old LOVES this book and so do I! My college-aged niece recommended it after working a few years in a preschool. The students at her school LOVED IT and I can see why.
Go Away, Big Green Monster! is a book made of cutout pages where a big, green monster appears and then slowly disappears. She loves screaming the monster parts away "GO AWAY BIG RED MOUTH!"
I also love how easy it is to get rid if a monster and it helps in showing that monsters who come to mind can just as easily leave. Hel...more
Go Away, Big Green Monster! is a book made of cutout pages where a big, green monster appears and then slowly disappears. She loves screaming the monster parts away "GO AWAY BIG RED MOUTH!"
I also love how easy it is to get rid if a monster and it helps in showing that monsters who come to mind can just as easily leave. Hel...more
This is a sure-to-please individual or storytime read for young children and their parents! It was recommended to me awhile back by a professional children's librarian, but I just got around to reading it for a toddler-parent storytime and to a toddler one-on-one. It absolutely engages young kids and the response by the parents at the storytime sessions was equally enthusiastic. What Caldecott award winner Emberley has done with color and die cuts is original and amazing. It promotes visual lite...more
The story begins by slowly unveiling one feature of the monster starting with his eyes, then his nose, etc. Once the monster is fully unveiled the child says, “You don’t scare me!” and the monster begins to slowly disappear until it is all gone. This is a great story to read with your toddler if he/she is scared of monsters at night. Monsters are a big fear of toddlers so this is the perfect book to help calm those fears. The illustrations are bold and bright and once toddlers see the monster at...more
Go Away, Big Green Monster is a very cool pop-up style book. Each page adds a new piece to the monster that is being created, and once the monster is complete the book decides to take the monster away, showing how it really isn't as scary of a creature as it first appeared to be.
I would recommend this book to early elementary students, Kindergarten and up, as it is a very simple yet interactive read that would appeal to the primary grade levels. It may even be appropriate for even younger childr...more
I would recommend this book to early elementary students, Kindergarten and up, as it is a very simple yet interactive read that would appeal to the primary grade levels. It may even be appropriate for even younger childr...more
At a playgroup I took my children too, one of the instructors there read Ed Emberley’s Go Away Big Green Monster. My daughter loved it! LOVED IT! While still at the play group she made me read it to her three more times before I convinced her it was time to do something else. I knew I had to buy it.
I spoke with the instructor who originally read the book to the group and she told me that the way the book is designed shows the children how to take control of their fears. I think it is pretty hel...more
I spoke with the instructor who originally read the book to the group and she told me that the way the book is designed shows the children how to take control of their fears. I think it is pretty hel...more
Go Away, Big Green Monster! is a very fun and colorful book to read to all ages. It visually shows each individual parts of the monster's face and with that, each part of the monster's face is another different color. For me colorful books always shows interesting in the children and keeps them engaged into the story rather than simple black and white color book. With this book, it is great for pre-k or kindergarten children to learn their facial parts.
Great book for younger children. This book is a wonderful way for a child to understand that monsters are only what we create and that we can imagine what they look like when they are in our minds and we can tell them to go away and dissappear. This would be a great book to help students that might fear sleeping due to monsters or any fear of that type. I liked the illustrations and how something is added or subtracted as you turn the page.
This is an absolute classic kid's book - the bright and cheery colors of the monster plus ingenious die cuts take the fear out of a scary monster. The monster is built, piece by awful piece, and then is deconstructed the same way. The message is clear that a child has the power to tell any monster to "Go Away!" and stay away. While my assistant turned pages of the book, I told the story using a flannel board, which the kids always love.
This book is good for early readers. It has no more than ten words per page. The phrase "GO AWAY..." is repeated throughout the book, so children who may be struggling readers can have a fun way to be included in the book. I did a read aloud lesson for my life skills block at an elementary school last semester. The kids really enjoyed this interactice book. It begins by the big green monster being built. On each page a new part to his face is added. The entire book is a cut out. Once the monster...more
Jan 11, 2013
Cara Farmer
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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When I first saw this book I did not see how it could be anything special, but it honestly is. This is not an illustrated book, but rather a book with colored pages that make up the big great monster, his yellow eyes, and big red mouth. It is such a simple excellent book. The end is great for the class to join in and participate. This would be a great book for children up to second grade. It is actually fun to read over and over.
Jan 30, 2012
Jordyn Mcleod
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I think this book is a fun read for small children. It is a portrait style book with full bleed pictures. It has cut outs on every page that end up creating a monster. The first half of the book has black back grounds while the monster is being created to create and dark and scary feel. Then for the second half of the book the background colors become bright as the monster is being taken apart and the children are no longer scared.
Talk about giving children the power to send monsters away! The book begins with revealing parts of a green monster,his eyes, then his nose, and so forth. Until the monster is fully revealed and the child says, “You don’t scare me!” Poof and the monster slowly begins to disappear. This book is ideal for younger children including toddlers. The illustrations are unique and bold and support the text of the story.
I read this umpty-leven times when my girls were little.
Pulled it out today to read to Pre-K, and it was a HIT.
(And I think I figured out where my daughter's imaginary friend, "John Prancin", came from: she always said he had "bluish-greenish scrambled hair". The big green monster here has a "long, bluish-greenish nose" and "scraggly hair". Oh yeah. This one stayed in her sub-conscious.)
Pulled it out today to read to Pre-K, and it was a HIT.
(And I think I figured out where my daughter's imaginary friend, "John Prancin", came from: she always said he had "bluish-greenish scrambled hair". The big green monster here has a "long, bluish-greenish nose" and "scraggly hair". Oh yeah. This one stayed in her sub-conscious.)
I first saw this in an English class to little Japanese kids. They loved it. It makes a great "English as a foreign language" book because it is so simple.
The monster's face slowly appears page by page, then disappears page by page. It may be a little scary for extremely young kids--the picture of the round face with white fangs reminds me of the monster from a Stephen King book ("Dreamcatcher")
The monster's face slowly appears page by page, then disappears page by page. It may be a little scary for extremely young kids--the picture of the round face with white fangs reminds me of the monster from a Stephen King book ("Dreamcatcher")
This book slowly shows each characteristic of the big green monster. As you flip the page the new part of the monster appears. Once the whole monster is formed, the parts are slowly blended into the background until there is no green monster at all. For one of my classes I used this book and created a craft so that all the students could create their own big green monster.
The reason I like this book is because kids enjoy having it read to them. They listen closely as the big green monster takes shape as each page is turned and then yell for him to go away. Another thing I like about this book is how each page helps create the illustrations on the next. This is a cute book that children can interact with and learn how to face their fears.
Sep 11, 2012
Allyn Backus
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I think that this book is great because of the illustration job. The way the pages are cut out to layer the monster's face is so creative, and I remember loving it only because I liked to flip through the pages. The content is very early reader (it repeats "go away" on nearly every page), but I think it's a great book that you could base some good art activities off of.
This is another book that my pre-schoolers absolutely love and request over and over again! They have even memorized the words and are able to "read" the book with me. Each page the monster appears by adding one more colored feature such as eyes, ears, nose etc. and then disappears the same way until the book ends with "And don't come back until I say so!" It's a fun book!
The illustration is this book is the best part of this book. Children will face their fears of any monsters they think may be real with a build of a monster and the tear down of that monster. The book is simple to understand, and it would be great for an art project. Students can make their own monster and write descriptive sentence about the monster they cretaed.
Ages 2 and up. This is a great book to encourage print motivation. The way the monster is built and then dismantled is done in a way that children will enjoy. That experience can help children develop positive association with books. The story can be interactive as children can point to the parts of their heads being addressed on each page of the book. Very enjoyable book.
GO Away Big Green Monster was my favorite book to read in the fall season when I was a kid. The strucutre of the books gives children a mystery of what could happen on the next page or what will happen to the monster in the end. It would be perfect for a parent or teacher who is dealing with children being scared of monsters in the closet or under the bed.
A classic picture book where the reader is walked through the process of envisioning a monster and then dismantling the monster and taking control of the situation, "...and don't come back! Until I say so." Each page layers a new piece of the monster until the full picture is seen and then takes one part away at a time. Well constructed.
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