Monster Poems

by Kay Chorao

Seventeen poems by various authors describe different kinds of monsters.

Genres: Poetry

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1976

About the author

Kay Chorao is a children's writer and illustrator.

She was born Ann McKay Sproat in Elkhart, Indiana, United States, into a middle-class, suburban family. She loved and was encouraged to draw at a young age. She attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. Chorao went to Wheaton College, where in 1958 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in art history. After that, Chorao pursued her graduate study at Chelsea School of Art from 1958 to 1959.

Chorao got married and had three sons before moving to New York with her family. From 1966 to 1968, she studied book illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York.

Besides writing self-illustrated children's books, Chorao has been the illustrator for many books by Jane Yolen, Judith Viorst, Jan Wahl, and Marjorie Sharmat.

Reviews

[Conner Crosby · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for very young audiences. Mostly rhyming poems, nothing too special. But definitely not the worst poem book I've read.

[Conquering · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing in this book of poetry was too exciting. The poems themselves were fairly short and would make easy copy work for a Halloween theme but I would not spend time expanding on the work.

[ctrandall · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of pre-existing poems with awesome illustrations! At least, I seemed to think so when I was seven years old. Now it's a fun romp through nostalgia. And the illustrations are still great!

[Lorraine Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can be used to:
- show a collection of poems in one book
- show authors background relevant to the text

[Julie Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a collection of seventeen poems about monsters.