Simone: The Best Monster Ever is a funny, adorable graphic novel great for younger readers just getting into sequential art. Because it’s a collection of stories rather than one, it’s would allow a young reader to enjoy each story without having to worry about remembering a lengthy plot. for younger audiences.

Absolutely adorable comic that I couldn’t put down. Wonderful story with amazing artwork. My son absolutely loved it as well.

Simone: The Best Monster Ever by Remy Simard is not quite a graphic novel, but rather a collection of short comic strips for young readers. In this comics we see Simone, a sweet, rosy-cheeked little girl. Maurice is a green, googly-eyed monster. When Simone enters Maurice’s world, she strikes terror in monsters’ hearts! Here, the rules are turned upside down—flowers, puppies, and good behavior are the stuff of nightmares, and all things scary and icky are adored.

Simone: The Best Monster Ever is a very colorful and cute comic collection. I was a little disappointed that it was short strips rather than a larger story, but for readers or those that like to read in short bursts this might be just what they are looking for. I liked the concept of things being reversed, with cute things being scary and so on. However, as a whole I found the humor to be hit or miss- and the short nature oft he individual comics to be a little off-putting. It has some elements that will very much appeal to the youngest independent readers, but some that will only appeal to an older audience. I feel like the balance that would make it appeal to both groups was missed, which made it an imperfect fit for either. I know there is still an audience, and many readers will enjoy the humor and the bright artwork, and it is still worth a read. However, I was just expecting more.

Simone is a sweet little girl who likes cute and pretty things. Her best friend is Morris, who isn’t quite human. In this collection of comics Simone is visiting Morris’ world, where her cute looks makes her a horrifying monster, fun has a little bit different meaning, zombies are normal and butterflies are terrifying, and Santa has trouble understanding Simone’s Christmas lists.

You remember those days in elementary school where someone decided it was opposite day? Well, Morris seems to live in opposite world. What we’d consider gross, he and his fellow monsters love. What we’d consider cute and lovable they consider downright nightmare worthy. Which makes for some laughter-inducing situations for human readers. This could be super gross, but Simard never makes it over the top gross. Puke is mentioned, but not shown. And don’t tell Morris, but he and his friends may even be a little on the cute side illustration-wise. The regular appearance of Santa and his miscommunication with Simone I think were my favorite parts. Although Morris’ little brother Farto’s appearances were always pretty funny and run a close second along with the “scary” Halloween costumes. I can see this comic being popular with elementary and middle school crowds. And it would be a good way to illustrate how different worldviews and cultural backgrounds can affect how we view a situation. I may have to hunt down a copy for our library.

'Simone: The Best Monster Ever!' by Rémy Simard is a collection of comics about a green googly-eyed creature named Maurice and his adorable blonde haired "monster" Simone.

Simone is a normal human girl living in a monster world. In that world, she is so terrifying that other monsters dress up as her for Halloween. She asks monster Santa for a doll and he thinks that is so scary and horrible that he replaces it with a a yellow crocodile that pees in its diapers. Simone takes it all in stride and doesn't even act like much is wrong.

It's a pretty cute book. Every page is a separate cartoon gag. They all pretty much revolve around how weird the monster world is, and how normal, and yet terrifying, Simone is to these inhabitants. The art is pretty good. I like the different creatures that the author/artist came up with. It would be a fun book for younger readers who want some fun cartoons to read.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Owlkids Books and NetGalley in exchange fo an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

It reads like it could be a fun story, but my Kindle didn't get illustrations with this particular story. Grade schoo. kids will probably enjoy the tale.

I've had mixed results with translated graphic novels. this one isn't' bad. I got all of the jokes, didn't feel like there was anything culturally that I was missing. And that's what this has going for it: it is readable. Its not particularly unique. It's a standard juxtaposition of expected relationship.s. The jokes are fairly standard as well.

Simone: The Best Monster Ever is a super cute graphic novel for younger audiences. Made up of a collection of comics rather than one long story, I think this will appeal to 7-10 year olds. I have a feeling there will be a lot of giggling going on when the students get their hands on this.

I liked the illustrations and the short one page themes but I didn't care for the humor and I don't think kids will either. I am also not a fan of potty humor which was used quite a few times.

I'm unable to review this book. It's not correctly formatted for Kindle, and it was impossible to understand. :(

Cute story of Simone (little blonde girl) & Maurice (a green "gross" monster). Simone visits Maurice's world only to find out that social norms are reversed. Kids fill find humor in the monsters disgust of anything sweet and pretty.

A fun story for children. I would recommend this book.

Simone: The Best Monster Ever! isn't a full out graphic novel, but rather a short collection of one page long comic strips. Each strip features a funny comedic moment out of Simone and Morris' day in the monster world where traditional monsters are the norm and little human girls are the scary beasts to cower from. I thought the concept and illustrations were very cute, but the humor side of things hovered in the middle for me. Some of the jokes were legitimately chuckle worthy while a number fell flat. Depending on the age level this is being marketed to I'm not sure how likely younger readers will be to follow along and get the humor. Older readers will probably enjoy a good portion of it though.

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy for review.

Decent stories about a world where monsters are normal and humans were the oddity. I felt that the story panels were too short and the stories themselves to be just OK.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.

Simone and Maurice are great friends, but they are also very different. Simone is a rosy-cheeked girl and Maurice is a googly-eyed monster. When Simone enters Maurice's world she strikes fear in all the little green monsters. A great little graphic novel for young children who will enjoy short quick stories.

Morris is a monster who loves zombie bowling, worms, and anything gross or disgusting. Simone is a little girl who loves flowers, puppy dogs and anything cute. When Simone ends up in Morris' world, she is in for a surprise. The monsters run away from her. She is too cute, too happy and likes strange things. In this monster-world everything is topsy-turvey. Even though Simone likes everything that scares Morris, and Morris likes everything that is gross or scary to Simone, they become best friends. They have fun and like spending time together.

This book is made up of comic strips. Each page is a new topic or strip. The book jumps a little from Christmas to summer, but I think that children will be able to relate to each story. There is school, Halloween, Christmas, sports and much more. This would be a good book for those reluctant readers in a late primary, or early junior classroom.

Simone: The Best Monster Ever, is a very colorful comic strip book about Morris the monster and his friend Simone. Simone is a small human girl, and the monsters are afraid of humans.

I found it cute at first, but each page is a new comic and it became a bit monotonous as it goes on. It almost seems too busy for younger kids to read and follow. Still worth reading for those who enjoy short comics.

3***

A great introduction to graphic novels for young readers, Simone: The Best Monster Ever! puts a twist on the concept of "monsters" with which many young children are familiar. With a different story being presented on each page, in a streamlined layout with engaging illustrations and brief, to-the-point dialogue, young readers will enjoy the humour expressed, while building reading comprehension skills and developing a sense of the typical features of such a text.

I have no doubt that if this were one of the books available in our classroom and/or school library, my students would want to read the stories to me (or have me read the stories to them) and share a laugh about the cheeky adventures of Simone and Maurice!

Playful inviting read for engaging early readers with humor.

This is a one trick pony. A very good trick, but one trick none the less. The point of this book, which is a collection of cartoons that have run in the french magazine "J'aim lire" is that monsters are afraid of people as much as people are afraid of monsters, and Simone, a human girl, is truly frightening to her monster she haunts. And that is it. The rest of the cartoons are variations on that theme.

So, perhaps young children will love reading that theme over and over again, but I got bored by it far too quickly.

I think the fact that it is a collection of cartoon stories may have something to do with my boredom. There was no actual story.


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