Make Me a Monster: (Juvenile Fiction, Kids Novelty book, Children's Monster book, Children's Lift the Flaps book)

by Mark Rogalski

Overview

Am I a monster? Is there any dispute? Have you seen a monster so fierce and so cute?

Bring this monster to life by lifting 12 flaps—from bulging blue eyes to clever claws—until the book has fully transformed by the last page. With a flashy neon green palette, die-cuts and flaps on every page, and a rollicking, rhyming text, this unique novelty book rewards readers with a satisfying payoff at the end.

• Book that brings a monster to life with each turn of the page
• Affordable eye catching book that offers a magical reading experience
• Enticing results that have great potential for sharing on social media

Fans of Dream Machine, Tickets to Ride, or My Big Evil Brother Packed My Lunch will love this book.

This book is perfect for:
• Parents, grandparents, and family members
• Kids who love monsters or Transformers
• Fans of lift-the-flap books

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452167152
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	08/20/2019
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	1,117,545
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Mark Rogalski is an author, illustrator, and designer. He lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

2019-08-26
Make a monster by lifting the flaps.

In the voice of the monster on the cover, rhyming, instructive text on each page asks readers to determine whether or not the creature in the illustrations is a monster. Children are prompted to unfold monster-appropriate appendages, including horns, wings, and scaly blue feet. A new element appears in each spread, in the manner of a reverse-order Go Away, Big Green Monster—but it's not nearly as successful as Ed Emberley's classic. The flaps, though carefully illustrated, are confusing: How they operate to complete the monster (as promised on the back) is inconsistent, and readers must perform a fair amount of acrobatics to make the monster visible. The rhyming text is fun to read aloud, but it meanders, shifting between grandiloquent praise of the creature's various body parts, such as "splendid gold horns," and entreaties to readers to tell the truth about whether or not the creature is, in fact, a monster in the negative sense. The book's design—which includes a circular hole in the middle of the book sporting teeth and a tongue—will certainly appeal to young readers who are still exploring the world with their hands. Overall, though, both the book's message and artwork are too confusing for most children to decipher, and the flimsiness of the flaps guarantees a short shelf life.

Interesting premise; unsuccessful result. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews