D is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet

by Amanda Noll, Shari Dash Greenspan Narrated by Howard McWilliam

Overview

When Ethan can't sleep, he doesn't count sheep-he says his ABCs! But in monster-loving Ethan's alphabet, A is for Arms, B is for Belly, C is for Claws, and D is for Drool. Soon, silly slobbery monsters parade across his room, displaying attributes that begin with each letter. Where are they going and will Ethan ever fall asleep? Kids will love pointing out earlobes, noses, spikes, and wings on this horde of hilarious monsters-and discovering that they're heading under Ethan's bed! Like Ethan and the Y monster, kids will soon be yawning. And by Z, they'll be ready to sleep, as Ethan does, with tails and tentacles sticking out beneath his bed. ZZzzzzz. D is for Drool is the perfect balance of giggles and shivers.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Being all smiles, and more likely to elicit snorts of amusement than screams of terror, the monstrous marchers crawling, oozing, slithering, or strolling into and out of view with each page turn have the intended soporific effect." —Kirkus Reviews 

"A bedtime story that flips the monster under the bed on its head, this whimsical alphabet book is a surefire hit." —Foreword Reviews

"Kids will love this book and all the others in the award-winning series I Need A Monster. This book a pure delight from A to ZZzzzzz when Ethan finally falls asleep. The book is playful, creative and a very fun read. I highly recommend this book!" —Storywraps

D is for Drool is on the Nevada Young Readers’ Award List 2024.

D is for Drool was placed on Florida Literacy Association Children’s Book Award 2023-2024 list

"...I would have giggled my way through this book as a kid and would have had fun calling out what each letter is for … Howard McWilliam’s illustrations pop with colour and all of the monsters are expressive." —Schizanthus Nerd, blogger 

"Hands down, this is my FAVORITE ABC book! I adore these illustrations and that all the ABC’s are about monsters. It makes me happy every time I read it to my son." —Jolie Taylor, Author and Instagram Influencer @endlessfairytales

Kirkus Reviews

2021-06-29
Why count sheep when an alphabetical array of monsters is queued up to crawl under the bed?

Lying wakeful in his moonlit bedroom, the pale-skinned lad from the I Need My Monster series begins with “A…is for Arms.” This cues the entry of a multilimbed, popeyed, purple-striped yellow creature at the head of a parade of blobby, slobbery boojums as wildly diverse of shape as they are saturated of hue. It’s almost a pity this book is codex bound instead of concertina folded, as careful design finds elements from the right edge of one double-page spread continuing on to the left edge of the next. The green-furred, horned monster on an early spread is revealed to have a long, spiked tail after the turn of the page, for instance, and the substance dripping from the many noses of a blue, finned creature makes quite the trail of bright pink ooze across the following spread. Readers will enjoy flipping back and forth to see the contiguity. Being all smiles and more likely to elicit snorts of amusement than screams of terror, the monstrous marchers crawling, oozing, slithering, or strolling into and out of view with each page turn have the intended soporific effect. As the alphabet progresses, the lines of narrative become more and more…stretched…out…until a final “Y…is…for…Yawn…and…Z……is for…” signal mission accomplished. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A monstrously effective lid-dropper. (Picture book. 3-5)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940195738495
Publisher:	Flashlight Press
Publication date:	04/19/2022
Series:	I Need My Monster Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years

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