BOOK REVIEW #12 (Stories of Monsters)

Ben Boggle lay awake in a cold sweat. How could he sleep with a monster under his bed?

(page 3)

This book has three stories of monsters.The first story is about Ben and the bed monster. He thought that he could catch a monster who was under the bed. He read a book about monsters and he could find food which the monster likes. It was chocolate cookies, so he prepared a chocolate cookie and he trapped the monster. But the monster was so small, so he felt sorry for her. The monster was not stupid, so he put her in his breast pocket. And he went to school. Then he called on by teacher, she told the answer to him. So he could answer correctly.

Frankie was fed up. All her friends had gone to the mountains to ski and she had to stay behind and help her mother.

(page 18)

The second story is about Frankie and the ice monster. She heard that the ice monster carried off Frankie's friends in the mountain, so she decided to rescue them. She followed the monster's footsteps and she reached a cave of ice where he lives in. She saw the monster and her friends who frozen like icicles. She made a hot chocolate drink and smelled sweet in the air. The monster couldn't hold back and drank it. Then he thawed and she could rescue her friends with safety.

Tom loved to listen to his Grandpa Jess tell creepy stories about the old days.

(page 37)

The third story is about Jess and the swamp monster. He was a farmhand, when one of his cows went missing. He searched it but he couldn't find. Then he found the muddy trail which leading to the middle of the swamp. He went to the store to buy bottles of bubble bath. He took a shortcut through the swamp. Then he was caught by the monster. But bottles of bubble bath cracked when the monster squeeze him, and it went all over the monster. The monster was frothed, he could escape.

I think this book was very exciting for me. I like Monsters Ink and such stories very much. I want to see a tiny monster and put it my pocket. I envy Ben. And I thought that Frankie was so cool.

Punter, Russell. (2004). Stories of Monsters. Usborne.