I'm Looking for a Monster!

by Timothy Young (Illustrator)

IN THIS POP-UP NOVELTY BOOK one little boy is looking for a monster. But not just any monster! Big, small, furry, horned, scaly, and feathery monsters all file through one by one, until finally our little boy finds the one he wants. Tabs, wheels, and gate-fold pages make for interactive fun!

Tim Young’s wacky menagerie of monsters is illustrated in silhouette against brightly colored backgrounds and literally pops off the page in a variety of fun novelty elements.

Genres: Halloween, Picture Books, Childrens, Monsters

14 pages, Hardcover

First published July 8, 2008

About the author

Timothy Young always wondered as a child who made the toys he played with, who wrote and illustrated the books he read and who made the cartoons he watched. He grew up to be one of the people who got to do all of them.

Aside from being an author/illustrator he has also designed toys, worked in animation and built puppets. He has also illustrated books for other authors.

His career highlights include being the Head Model-Maker for the Penny cartoons on the first season of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, designing and building Muppets for Jim Henson Productions and sculpting the very first Simpsons character toys. He has been the design director for two toy companies and worked under contract with dozens of others.

Tim has visited hundreds of schools and libraries and finds that doing presentations with students is one of the most fun and rewarding things he get to do. He loves passing on what he’s learned to kids like himself.

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first Halloween book this season! Excellent 'before T or T book' to read to the little ghouls this year!

[RC · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm Looking for A Monster is a sweet tale of a young boy looking for a monster. He has specific wants for his monster and he knows exactly what he wants his monster for. The book has pop-ups and other interactive features.

[Timothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it, then again, I wrote it. I also illustrated and created the pop-ups.

[Reeve's Mommy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love reading this to my son, and the pop-up feature is fun.

Reeve says: "The monster book: so the monsters were so angry; so that monster has no hair. So, a monster does have hair; so that monster has horns. So that monster was nice to the friends; so those angry monsters were so angry! So that's why the monster was so slimy."

[Nikki Auten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike most books that teach monsters as scary, this book allows the reader to sort of pick and choose their own style of monster along the way with the writer, & all for good reason.

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute interactive book in rich, saturated colors and black. It has pop-ups, turn-wheels, fold-out pages that little ones will enjoy.

[Jodi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The boys LOVED this one!! A fun pop-up with easy to read words!

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book!

[Liz De Coster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, but the pop-ups seem a little delicate.