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Monster Mess!
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Crash, crash!
Stomp, stomp!
A tired monster goes up the stairs.
But
zzzz, zzzz,
a boy is sound asleep. And
ick, ick,
his room is not so neat --
not neat enough for a monster to take a nap! So
whishtt, whishtt,
the monster starts to clean.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 5th 2008
by Margaret K. McElderry Books
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A monster makes his way through a house at night time. He find a room that is very messy and decides to clean it up. When morning comes a young boy awakes to find a sleeping monster on his floor. Fun ensues.
Odd story but good pictures, read it at the Pratt.
Decent; cute. Not as great as others out there.
Zzzz, zzzz the little boy is sleeping; tiptoe, tiptoe, around the house the monster creeps! He creeps, crashes, stomps and bangs throughout the house, but do not fear, he's after the smelly shoes and socks, the messy toys and blocks! With its nice rhythm and onomatopoeia, this book will encourage all little monsters to clean up their messes!
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Mock Caldecott. Just found it strange. A monster cleans up a boy's room while he sleeps...at first it is supposed to be unclear that he is helping...but perhaps a big bad monster since he is making lots of scary noises. Oh no! The boy is waking up...but it's ok because he is friends with the monster.
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Monster is tired. He creeps around at night but not for the reason one may suspect...he cleans! Apparently he, like many human creatures, has difficulty falling asleep unless the room is clean! Will either mesmerize or terrorize my 3s at OR this month. :)
There was a time that a "monster" [ a pillowcase with a face painted on it] used to come and pick up any toys that our children left out.
20 years later, they would probably read this book and have PTSD flashbacks. ...more
20 years later, they would probably read this book and have PTSD flashbacks. ...more
This book was really fun to read, and lots of drama so its great for the end of storytime. The ending is kind of so so and that is really my only dissapointment. All in all it kept the attention of the tots and I would definitly use this again.
A fun book about monsters and cleaning up your room. A perfect combination for reading aloud with children, complete with lots of silly onomatopoeia and a rhythmic, rhyming narrative. We've borrowed this one a couple of times.
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A very clean monster tidies up a child’s room during the night. The text uses words that can be acted out like ‘stomp, stomp, climb up the kitchen stairs.’
An action packed read-aloud with bright illustrations and fun and snappy language.
I may be slow, but I don't really get it.
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I liked the art, but not the story.
I love the piece by piece introduction of the monster, all his hands/feet, and the unusual actions of the monster.
In this book a monster cleans up a mess of a boy while he sleeps. I didn't quite understand the story because the monster just plays with the boy at the end.
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Melanie's current book obsession!
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One of my husband's favorite books to read.
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The illustrations are really fun and it's a neat story of a monster actually cleaning up a little boy's mess! Has some onomatopoeia in too.
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This is more of a picture book than a storybook. Simple sentence on each page, with a monster being sleepy and creeping through the house to find a bed to sleep in. Not scary but nicely written.
Interesting take on the monster under the bed. He cleans the room so he can lie down. The boy's alarm clock rouses them both...
Friendly, helpful. ...more
Friendly, helpful. ...more
"Piu, piu what smelly socks & shoes!" My three year old thought this book was hilarious. A sweet, albeit clumsy monster who cleans a little boy's room at night.
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Wonderful illustrations and great sounds can make this book a great read for story time.
A monster sneaks into a boy's room and cleans up while the boy is asleep. ...more
A monster sneaks into a boy's room and cleans up while the boy is asleep. ...more
A monster sneaks into a boy's room and cleans up while the boy is asleep. www.hcpl.net
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I'm a bit on the fence with my feelings about this one (in regards to its usage in a story time setting). But it might be fun to count the monsters legs...
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Can Margery Cuyler please send this monster to my house to clean my 13 year old's room? :D
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The premise was funny, but I wanted the monster to look more like a monster and less like a bug
"monster under the bed, bedtime, monster cleans bedroom during the night then tickles boy next morning"
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