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Lio: There's A Monster In My Socks (2012)

by Mark Tatulli(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1449423043 (ISBN13: 9781449423049)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Andrews McMeel Publishing

review 1: Well, even though I'm fan of the Lio comic strip, I've had this book on my shelf for two years. It's an uncorrected galley I got at the American Librarian Association conference (my sister-in-law is a librarian). This book is marketed towards kids ages 8-12. Lio is a quirky little boy interested in ghoulish, darker things than most kids his age are. I laughed out loud quite a few times while reading this. Only complaint- I wish this was a sequential collections of the strips from the beginning of the series onward but it appears to have been cherry-picked to provide strips more kid-accessible. Still, I enjoyed it.
review 2: What do you do when your kids is obsessed with monsters and zombies? The best answer is to introduce him to Lio. Lio is the expressive sile... morent type. His hair along with his actions make a statement kids will recognize, especially since there are no real words for kids to read. They can use their imagination as they examine the illustrations. The character Lio is creative, in one scene he attaches plunger cups to his shoes and climbs the walls, therefore hiding from his brother. Lio builds robots and snuggles with his pet cobra Frank. His imagination teeters between genius and the macabre. One particular scene demonstrates bullies making fun of a kid who has a hunchback. Lio rescues him and utilizes him as an assistant for his snake. One can only guess where this scenario will lead. Another scenario demonstrates Lio reaching out to aliens via radio waves, and once they arrive he trades a tricycle for their ship. Strangely humorous, kids and adults will love Lio and his ingeniously unusual humor and antics. less

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