Saturday, October 21, 2006

Best Books for Storytime About Monsters


















My 8-year-old neice, Megan, drew this creature on a piece of paper. I cut it out and we traced it onto a T-shirt and colored it in with puffy paint.

Toddler Read-Alouds
Five Ugly Monsters by Tedd Arnold
Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
Goodnight, Baby Monster by Laura Leuck
Hungry Monster by Phyllis Root
Monster Countdown by Pamela Jane
Monster is Coming! by Michaela Porter
Monster, Monster by Melanie Walsh
Nighty Night, Little Green Monster by Ed Emberley
Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen

Preschool Read-Alouds
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere (2012)
Bunnies!  by Kevan Atteberry (2015)
Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen
Don't Play With Your Food by Bob Shea (2014)
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves
Goodnight, Little Monster by Helen Katteman
Happy Birthday, Frankie by Sarah Weeks
Hush Little Monster by Denis Markell
If You're A Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberly
It's MY Birthday! by Pat Hutchins
Jumpy Jack and Googily by Meg Rosoff
Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane
Love Monster by Rachel Bright (2014)
Monster Be Good by Natalie Marshall (2013)  
Monster Cake by Rebecca Dickinson
Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks
Monsters Go Night-Night by Aaron Zenz (2016)
Monster Knows Please and Thank You by Connie Miller (2014)
Monster Show by Charise Mericle Harper
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
Perfect Little Monster by Judy Hindley
There Was An Old Monster by Rebecca Emberley

Kindergarten Read-Alouds
Always Listen to Your Mother by Florence Parry Heide
Baby That Roared  by Simon Puttock
Cackle Cook's Monster Stew by Patricia Wolff
Do Not Build A Frankenstein! by Neil Numberman
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott - MY FAVORITE 
Horrible Holly's Pet Raptor by Michael Ratnett
I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon (2018)
Jeremy Draws A Monster by Peter McCarty
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Most Loved Monster by Lynn Downey
Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer
My Teacher is a Monster by Peter Brown
Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra
10-Step Guide to Living With Your Monster by Laura Numeroff
Very Worst Monster by Pat Hutchins
YUCK! That's Not A Monster! by Angela McAllister

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