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Monster Hug!
From the time they leap out of bed until they hug each other good night, two rambunctious young monsters make the world their playground. And playtime between such great friends is colossal fun, and sometimes earth shaking business. David Ezra Stein?s simple, descriptive text and lively illustrations are full of humor, playing with size and perspective as the monsters play...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 20th 2007
by Putnam Juvenile
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Oh, I loved Leaves and Pouch! by the same author-illustrator. But, I found this book disappointing.
The illustrations aren’t nearly as appealing (for me) as in the other two books, but some of them are cute. I like the two with the monster on the bridge, the two showing each monster eating, and the two where the monster buddies’ elders first appear; they were all sort of funny.
I think kids who either like monsters or who are scared of monsters might very well like this book. Also, I think that th...more
The illustrations aren’t nearly as appealing (for me) as in the other two books, but some of them are cute. I like the two with the monster on the bridge, the two showing each monster eating, and the two where the monster buddies’ elders first appear; they were all sort of funny.
I think kids who either like monsters or who are scared of monsters might very well like this book. Also, I think that th...more
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Best for kids ages 1 and up.
Early Literacy Skills: Print Motivation, Vocabulary
From cover:
From the time they leap out of bed until they hug each other goodbye, two rambunctious young monsters make the world their playground. And playtime between such great friends is colossal fun, and sometimes earth-shaking business!
Kid like illustration are really fun, but the words and sentences get overpowered by the illustration. Early readers may get more out of the pictures than the words.
Early Literacy Skills: Print Motivation, Vocabulary
From cover:
From the time they leap out of bed until they hug each other goodbye, two rambunctious young monsters make the world their playground. And playtime between such great friends is colossal fun, and sometimes earth-shaking business!
Kid like illustration are really fun, but the words and sentences get overpowered by the illustration. Early readers may get more out of the pictures than the words.
Monster Hug! is an all-around fun book to read. Reading it out loud to a group of kids would be a blast. Each page follows the pattern of, "Monsters (verb)." So kids can pretend to be a monster and act out the verb being read. For example, one page reads, "Monsters wake up!!" So kids could pretend to wake up with all the rambunctiousness of a monster. It can also teach kids about noun/verb usage while making it enjoyable. I would say it is best used for kids grades K-3.
I'm not a big fan of this book, but our girls enjoyed the illustrations and what we did take from the story is that even big, strong and scary monsters have Mommies and Daddies who make them come home for dinner and go to bed early. The illustrations are a bit too sketchy for my taste and I presume that this book would appeal to boys more so than girls.
This book was great! It tells the story of two monsters going CRAZY using really bright colorful pictures that look like they were drawn in crayons. It also has great verbs that students could act out as the story goes on. Like kids though, of course. Definitely NOT like the monsters in the story!
Cute and silly - would be good to read with a toddler/preschooler one-on-one so you can discuss what's happening in the illustrations. Wouldn't suggest for a read-aloud; the words make most sense in the context of the illustrations, which are too subtle for a group to see well, I think.
Simple, spare text accompany this delightful picture book about monsters and how they play, fight, and hug!
Monster Hug! is colorful and full of never-before seen monster antics...kids will love it! :-)
Used for "Monsters: And Other Creatures" storytime-October, 2011.
Monster Hug! is colorful and full of never-before seen monster antics...kids will love it! :-)
Used for "Monsters: And Other Creatures" storytime-October, 2011.
This is a great storytime book -- you can make it funny, or dramatic, and the monsters are pretty non-threatening. Kids love the scale of how large the monsters are against things like bridges and roads. And then even bigger parents show up! A good opener.
I enjoy Stein's work but this title didn't bowl me over. The text was a bit choppy and the concept unclear. The ending somewhat redeems the title as we find out the monsters who appear so big are "children" monsters playing. Just okay.
Great book for story time, vibrant colors about monsters playing together in their monster way. Funny book but in the end the monsters go to bed to and they give one another a hug.
The artwork here is slightly sloppy but it was clearly a style choice and it was a great one. I liked the twist of the monsters being children.
This would've been better if the sentences were more complex...the illustrations are awesome, but the sentences too simple for a preschooler.
Simple, creative, and clever. I liked the simplicity of this book. It is kind of refreshing to see something simple and loose.
I love that the back end-page shows the monster mama knitting a monster sock (even if the knitting isn't depicted correctly!).
Would be great to act these out with the story, hmmm. Fun actions and story.
For younger kids like my brothers
lovely
Two monsters like playing together, but they have a hard time playing nice. After wreaking havoc on the city as they play, their mommies come to get them. Before they go, they make nice with a big monster hug.
The brushed typeface can be a little difficult to read, and I'm not a huge fan of the text. It could have been a lot more clever. However, it's still a cute book.
The brushed typeface can be a little difficult to read, and I'm not a huge fan of the text. It could have been a lot more clever. However, it's still a cute book.
The ending was really great and a few of the phrases were clever, but it wasn't solidly appreciated.
Brilliant. The fun, short text and vibrant illustrations grab my daughter's attention every single time we read this book to her. She LOVES this book! It's especially fun because of the voices you can do for the monster characters.
Very cute, simple book with loose, happy ink-and-watercolor illustrations. This would be a fun one to read one-on-one or to a group as an act-it-out book (act out what the monsters are doing...use sound effects!).
Simple words. Cute illustrations. This book is a clever example of how words and illustrations work together to make a picture book.
lame book although I like some other David Ezra Stein books.
also for my nephews, who play like these monsters
Monsters
Best Friends
Sound effects
Best Friends
Sound effects
The ending is the best part.
Apr 18, 2013
Karen
marked it as to-read
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David Ezra Stein is an author-illustrator whose previous books include LEAVES, winner of an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. He lives in Kew Gardens, New York.
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