Love Monster (Love Monster #1)
by Rachel Bright (Author)
Love Monster is a slightly hairy monster trying to fit in with the cuddly residents of Cutesville. But as it turns out, it's hard to fit in with the cute and the fluffy when you're a googly-eyed monster.
And so, Love Monster sets out to find someone who will love him just the way he is. His journey is not easy--he looks high, low, and even middle-ish. But as he soon finds out, in the blink of a googly eye, love can find you when you least expect it.
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Kirkus
Scarily good!
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1—Monster is funny-looking, slightly hairy, and googly-eyed. It doesn't help that he lives in a world of fluffy bunnies and cuddly kittens that the human children favor. Distraught, he decides to find someone to love him. After several dead ends, love finally finds him, and the two monsters walk off into the sunset holding hands. The story is sweet but somewhat bland. It is supported by a jaunty typeface and bright, cartoonlike illustrations with thick black lines.—Jennifer Miskec, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
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Publishers Weekly
In a world of cute, fluffy things" it's "pretty darn hard" to be a monster. Bright's hero is determined to find a soul mate, but keeps running into dead ends—a monster costume in a shop window, his own reflection in a pond. Just when he's ready to give up, he notices that the bus driver is just his type. First published in the U.K., Bright's underdog story is overly familiar, and her pink, googly-eyed main character is—contrary to the narration—almost undeniably cute, throwing his outcast status out the window. Still, Bright has a brisk but sympathetic voice that's appealingly British, and her visual pacing is impeccable. Like the monster itself, this story wears its heart very visibly. Ages 2-4. (Dec.)
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Review quotes
Rachel Bright is a wordsmith, printmaker, and thinker of happy thoughts. The author-illustrator of several acclaimed picture books, she is passionate about time-honored printmaking techniques. She works from her converted caravan studio, on a farm near the sea in the south of England, where she lives with her partner, a dog called Elvis, and a cat called Superman. lookonthebrightside.co.uk
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
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