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The Monster Returns (2012)

by Peter McCarty(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0805090304 (ISBN13: 9780805090307)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: The books of this author/illustrator are growing on me, and I am starting to appreciate the way he sees the world. In this sequel to Jeremy Draws a Monster, the monster that the artistic Jeremy managed to banish with a one-way bus ticket has returned, and he wants to meet Jeremy. The quick-thinking boy invites his neighbors over, hands them fancy pens, and they go to work. By the time the monster arrives, the walls are filled with elaborate monsters of every color imaginable, giving him the choice of many new friends. Clever Jeremy handles the situation perfectly. The illustrations, created with pen and ink and watercolors, show that monsters come in all shapes and sizes, and there is no need to be afraid of them. Sometimes a monster may be just as lonely as a boy or girl ... morein need of friends.
review 2: The Monster Returns is the sequel to Jeremy Draws a Monster. After being sent away in the first book, the monster goes back to Jeremy's house; knowing that the monster is bossy, Jeremy teams up with some kids from his neighborhood to draw monster friends. The illustrations and writing are high-quality, just as they are in the first book. It is nice to see in this book that Jeremy has friends now, and that he plays outside, because in the first book, the boy is lonely and stays inside drawing. First and second grade students would love this book, so I will definitely have it in my classroom. An activity to do with this book might be to have the students draw their own monsters and describe them using adjectives. less

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