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You Might be a Monster

& Other Stories I Made Up!

by Attaboy
ebook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

Enjoy 13 eye-popping poems about misbehaving monsters. Wacky comedy and amusing art appeal to fans of Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, and Shel Silverstein.
With bold colors and twisted humor, Attaboy's zany rhymes introduce off-the-wall characters (a child who is a sock magnet), highlights the adorably peculiar (a hugging cactus), and juxtaposes the mundane (counting sheep to sleep) with the bizarre (zombie clowns).
Plus there's the title story. Because of his beastly behavior, Gustav's parents hire an expert to determine if their son is truly a monster! How does he compare to a cornucopia of creatures who behave really badly? Enjoy hidden jokes and hilarious wordplay in this collection from an irreverent pop culture creator.

With a theatrical eye for the absurd and unbridled paintbrush, Attaboy's funny anthology of illustrated poems will entertain everyone who is a kid at heart. Kids will like Attaboy's designs, since his fantastic collectible toys and gallery paintings have attracted legions of devoted fans worldwide.
You Might be a Monster brims with a visual cornucopia that will grab adult's attention. These monsters may come from other dimensions, but will find a home squarely in the classrooms of teachers and librarians who appreciate strikingly original wit, imagination, and voice in an anthology format.
"Attaboy's creepy cool monsters are an insane delight. They'll leap off the page, squirm through your optic nerve, and haunt your brain forever. And that's a good thing."
- Mark Frauenfelder, founder of Boing Boing

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Enjoy 13 eye-popping poems about misbehaving monsters. Wacky comedy and amusing art appeal to fans of Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, and Shel Silverstein.
With bold colors and twisted humor, Attaboy's zany rhymes introduce off-the-wall characters (a child who is a sock magnet), highlights the adorably peculiar (a hugging cactus), and juxtaposes the mundane (counting sheep to sleep) with the bizarre (zombie clowns).
Plus there's the title story. Because of his beastly behavior, Gustav's parents hire an expert to determine if their son is truly a monster! How does he compare to a cornucopia of creatures who behave really badly? Enjoy hidden jokes and hilarious wordplay in this collection from an irreverent pop culture creator.

With a theatrical eye for the absurd and unbridled paintbrush, Attaboy's funny anthology of illustrated poems will entertain everyone who is a kid at heart. Kids will like Attaboy's designs, since his fantastic collectible toys and gallery paintings have attracted legions of devoted fans worldwide.
You Might be a Monster brims with a visual cornucopia that will grab adult's attention. These monsters may come from other dimensions, but will find a home squarely in the classrooms of teachers and librarians who appreciate strikingly original wit, imagination, and voice in an anthology format.
"Attaboy's creepy cool monsters are an insane delight. They'll leap off the page, squirm through your optic nerve, and haunt your brain forever. And that's a good thing."
- Mark Frauenfelder, founder of Boing Boing

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 18, 2011
      Artist and toy designer Attaboy pairs flippant humor with page-popping digital cartoons in this collection of monster-themed poems. A pink, fang-toothed rabbit at a podium boasts, "I'm a legendary number-counter,/ made famous for my smarti-tood," while zombie clowns "crawl out from crusty earth" to celebrate children's birthdays. In the title poem, written in couplets and making up half the book's length, young Gustav Delite tries to prove that he's a monster and not just "a rude kid whose manners have failed." Readers should be drawn toward the subversive, macabre tone and lurid, Cartoon-Network-on-acid illustrations, but long narrative passages drag and some rhymes feel forced, making this debut a mixed bag. Ages 4â8.

    • School Library Journal

      October 1, 2011

      Gr 2-5-This mix of comedy and horror is also a mix of hits and misses. Purportedly written by a "Worm Named Attaboy," it includes 11 stories in verse form, accompanied by lots of bright digital cartoons set on glossy black pages. "Hug a Cactus" has the type of humor many kids enjoy: "I'm stuck on you forever/and no one can tear us apart." Unfortunately, though, too much of the writing lacks a sure sense of rhythm. Here's an example from "Clown Graveyard": "They'll bake you a fresh skull cake/and pile into a tiny hearse, /repeating the same lame jokes/forever is their eternal curse." Some of the pictures will engage kids who enjoy mildly gross humor, and it is fun seeing the worm/author popping up here and there. But the busy pages sometimes look cluttered and lack focus. For a more coherent and clever book like this, try Adam Rex's Frankenstein Takes the Cake (Harcourt, 2008).-Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL

      Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2012
      Putative author Attaboy, a worm, presents bizarre stories and poems about, among other things, a clown graveyard, a cactus wanting hugs, and the criteria for monsterhood. The poems are unwieldy and hard to follow; the facetious tone succeeds a little better in prose, but even those are a stretch. Bold-hued digital-looking illustrations create a creepy funhouse atmosphere.

      (Copyright 2012 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • Lexile® Measure:800
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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