My Big Red Monster (hardcover)
My brother says, "There are no monsters! Tell it to come out! I dare you!"
A modern adaptation of the Hindu Teaching Tale by the same name. What do you do when there's a monster under your bed, and your brother won't believe you? What if the monster wants to work for you? In fact, he's so hungry for work, that if you don't give him jobs, he'll eat you! He'll straighten your room. He'll wash the dishes. He'll wash your dog, until he's all clean and fluffy. It's up to your imagination to keep your monster busy!
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"What is a little girl to do when there's a monster under her bed, and her brother won't believe her? What if the monster wants to work for her? In fact, he's so hungry for work, that if she doesn't give him jobs, he'll eat her! He'll straighten her room. He'll wash the dishes. He'll wash the dog, until he's all clean and fluffy. It's up to her imagination to keep that monster busy! The collaborative work of author Lois Wickstrom and illustrator Nicolas Milano, "My Big Red Monster" is a delightful and modern adaptation of a Hindu Teaching Tale. While "My Big Red Monster" is especially and unreservedly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 4-8, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "My Big Red Monster" is also available in a paperback edition (9780916176518, $11.99)." Midwest Book Review Feb 2020
My Big Red Monster by Lois Wickstrom is a superb picture book for children with exactly the right amount of text to keep the story going, and the moral is ... Buy it and see; it's FUN.
Reviewed By Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite 5 stars
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Jill Smith: In this book, one little girl has her very own red monster living under her bed. Her brother doesn't believe her and dares her to ask him out from under the bed. She does and discovers the red monster is very hungry and wants her to give him jobs or he'll eat her up. She starts giving him jobs and he does them. When she stops being scared of the monster, she decides there's only one thing left to do. The monster does everything she says, her brother is in for a surprise!
