Monsters Love School

by Mike Austin, Mike Austin (Illustrator)

Overview

Have some monstrous fun going back to school!

Celebrate the first day of school with hilarious, energetic monsters in Monsters Love School by author-illustrator Mike Austin.

Summer is over, and now it's time for the biggest adventure of all...Monster School! Join these colorful monsters as they go to school for the first time. Reading and writing and learning your monster history has never been so much fun!

Fans of Monsters Love Colors and others will love this exciting picture book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062286185
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mike Austin is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer. He is the author-illustrator of several picture books, including Monsters Love Colors, Monsters Love School, JunkYard, Fire Engine No. 9 and Hooray for Helpers! He lives on Whidbey Island, Washington, with his wife—author-illustrator Jing Jing Tsong—and their lovable mutt, Prudence. You can visit him online at www.jingandmike.com. 

Mike Austin is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer. He is the author-illustrator of several picture books, including Monsters Love Colors, Monsters Love School, JunkYard, Fire Engine No. 9 and Hooray for Helpers! He lives on Whidbey Island, Washington, with his wife—author-illustrator Jing Jing Tsong—and their lovable mutt, Prudence. You can visit him online at www.jingandmike.com. 

Editorial Reviews

2014-05-14
Austin’s scribbly, lovable monsters are back, this time going beyond an exploration of colors (Monsters Love Colors, 2013) to tackle the biggest adventure of all—Monster School.Yellow, pink, green, blue, long-legged, many-legged, one-eyed, two-eyed, scaly and furry monsters’ summer fun has come to an end, and they must check their school-supply lists and head off. Not all are smiling, though, as they cross the street with Miss Wiggles’ help: “Wiggle, wiggle, cross the street. / Off to school, now move those feet!” Little Gray tries to alleviate Blue’s fears, but there are many of them, and he is convinced he already knows his “ABGs and 413s and XYDs,” so who needs school? But after a day filled with art, recess, Miss Spel’s spelling lessons, Chef Octi’s lunchtime gruel, history, library and Singing Club, Blue has changed his tune. Austin has masterfully folded some valuable information about the first day of school into his funny tale, but the monsters are the big draw. Not the least bit scary, their simple shapes and accessories and scrawled style will likely have kids reaching for their own “monster pencils, monster crayons, monster ink and brushes”—as Austin claims to have used in his media statement.Though most readers would probably rather not face a Cyclops principal, hopefully they will have as good a first day as Blue and come to love school. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews