The Monster Who Loved Books

Monster Who Loved Books

By: Keith Faulkner

Illustrated by: Jonathan Lambert

This is one of my go to books for story times especially when the theme is monsters or books. Bradley lives above his father's book store and is awakened one night when he hears something down stairs in the book store. It turns out that there is a monster eating books. Bradley shows the monster what books are really for and in telling the monster about books gets whisked away to a place where books come to life.

This book shows how books can whisk you away to a different world and expand your imagination. The pop-ups fit well with the story and do not seem gratuitous. The illustration has been executed with a child's eye in mind and the story flows for great out loud reading. The details in the background provide for easy conversation with kids about books and nursery rhymes they may know. I highly recommend this book.

Earth to Clunk

Earth to Clunk
By: Pam Smallcomb
Pictures by: Joe Berger

I thought this was a great book about about a boy and his pen pal Clunk from the planet Quazar. They send each other letters and things that they think the other would (or would not) like. I think that this book has cute illustration, you could easily tie it to a writing lesson, it has a hilarious plot, and I could definitely see kids wanting multiple reads.

I recommend this book to teachers, parents, and other librarians because you can make up crafts and learning activities to pair with it really easily.