Mind Your Monsters

by Catherine Bailey, Oriol Vidal (Illustrator)

Overview

Vampires and werewolves and zombies—oh my! It's a monster invasion, and the stinky-smelling creatures are destroying Wally's peaceful little town. They scare the kids, knock over the lampposts, and make a mess of everything. And no one can stop them—until, fed up, Wally says . . . the magic word, "PLEASE." Learning good manners has never been as monstrously fun!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454911036
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	08/04/2015
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	138,687
Product dimensions:	10.20(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Catherine Bailey is an author whose work has been published in children's magazines, including Hello / Highlights for Children. Her next book, Hypnosis Harry, is forthcoming from Sky Pony Press. She lives in sunny FL with her husband and two children.

Oriol Vidal is an illustrator and storyboard artist based in Barcelona, Spain. He graduated from U.B. Barcelona with a degree in Fine Arts. Including illustrating books and magazines, Oriol has worked in animation where he developed character designs and storyboards for clients in the US, France, UK, South Korea, and Spain. He happily works and lives with his little daughter, his wife, his cat, and his rowdy budgie.

Editorial Reviews

Vidal goes to town with the monsters, particularly the ones with tentacles, situating them in as wholesome a small town as can be imagined; though Wally and his sister are Caucasian, many of the town's other residents exhibit a pleasing diversity. . . . this should win some fans. —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2015-05-18
Monsters are mighty, but even they can be tamed by one powerful word: please. Wally lives in a small, perfectly ordinary town until monsters invade. They make poor neighbors. As depicted in digital, TV-cartoonish, neon-colored art, they come in many hues, shapes, and sizes; some have claws and others tentacles, and the number of eyes varies. Among them are the fairly traditional zombies, werewolves, and vampires. The thing they have in common: they wreak havoc, tearing up bushes and lampposts, shaking cars, stinking, and scaring children. Wally talks to them—unfortunately readers have no idea what he says and must conclude that he is asking them to desist. He also tries scaring them off with his little sister's screams and even attempts bribery with treats. Nothing works until Wally, in desperation, shouts, "Will you PLEASE stop breaking all our stuff?" Adults may wonder if shouting is really all that polite, but no matter how it is said, hearing the word "please" works for the monsters: "Soon all the monsters were on their best behavior." Vidal goes to town with the monsters, particularly the ones with tentacles, situating them in as wholesome a small town as can be imagined; though Wally and his sister are Caucasian, many of the town's other residents exhibit a pleasing diversity. While not as original as Mo Willems' The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? (2012) or as much fun as Ryan Heshka's Welcome to Monster Town (2010), this should win some fans. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews