Review of Monsters at Christmas

by Shenwei Chang
Nov 06, 2023 | Filed in Book Reviews

Monsters at Christmas Monsters at Christmas
by Laura Baker;
Preschool, Primary    Happy Yak/Quarto    32 pp.
9/23    9780711276727    $18.99

A colorful array of monsters takes over the pages of this rhyming picture book. Baker’s zany verses, dynamically typeset to mirror the frenetic energy, take readers on a whirlwind tour of the monsters’ Christmas shenanigans and make for a great read-aloud: “JOYFUL monster, / TOY-FUL monster, / filling up a sack. / PEEKING monster, / SNEAKING monster, / HEY NOW, give that back!” Dzyvulska’s illustrations, outlined in bold black lines and colored in bright hues, provide a visual smorgasbord of details to pore over. An appended prompt sends readers back to the beginning to find Santa Monster in every spread.

From the November/December 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

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