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This Book is Full of Monsters contains interactive opportunities as you and your child explore an imaginative world of monsters - furry, slimy, stinky, roaring, and more! Have fun acting and sounding out the monsters on the page. Like other readers, this bears a strong resemblance to The Monster at the End of This Book. This book is great and goes on my must-read list for "Hallowread."

NOTE: I received an ARC copy of this book on NetGalley. I received no incentive to read or review this book other than said copy of work. The review below contains my own thoughts and opinions. Special thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the free copy.

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This was a cute book with cute monsters!! And confronting these monsters was fun indeed. A good book to read with the little ones.

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THis book is not impressive. It will not wow you with innovative plot or detailed illustrations. You won't marvel at it's handling of a sensitive or complex topic. What it is, is entertaining and nicely interactive. It encourages the young audience to fully engage with the text, to be active and maybe a little wild. It is perhaps a little strange, kind of inclined to gross-out humor, but if you've got a kids who loved Don't Push the Button, you might give this one a try.

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I have this to the 4 year old boy I nanny who is obsessed with monsters. He really enjoyed it and it's a cute quick story with execellent puctures.

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I always do a monster story time in October and this book will be a GREAT addiction! I love how this book interacts with the children. My story time children love books that ask them to repeat, sing, dance, etc . Will the children want me to turn the page to see the next BIG monster?!

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A silly, fun book for the little ones that I enjoyed because of its minimalistic writing and brightly coloured vivid illustrations! Definitely gifting this to one of my cousins!

Also, I loved the fact that I got a Diploma of Bravery at the end, I mean you hardly get one of those after finishing a book, considering all the havoc a book can create in your life, haha.

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A fun interactive book where a child tests their daring. Wonderful monster illustrations vary from funny to slightly gross with a little bit of scary thrown in. If they make it to the end, the child gets a diploma!
Great read-aloud!

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This was a great book that was artfully illustrated with so many colorful pictures. The book reminded me of one that I had read as a child. Children will enjoy the adventurous nature of the story and the "Daredevil" them of the story. Upon completion of the book, the reader earned a "Diploma" for reaching the end of the story. I enjoyed the book and would definitely recommend it to others.

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This book was engaging and interactive. I loved the way the illustrations complemented the text. I would definitely enjoy reading this book with a child.

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I love, love, love these kinds of children's books! I'm so glad I have kids and can indulge in these kinds of books without getting strange looks from people in the library! Lots of books now have found great ways to interact with kids throughout the book, asking questions, as if it really is a conversation between the author and the reader, its fun, entertaining and adorable when the kids respond. This book also comes with a diploma at the end, but only if you're brave enough to face all of the monsters first.... BEWARE!

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This is a fun book to read with kids. I had to read it a couple of times changing my voice for noises, holding our noses and laughing quite hard. The illustrations run from cute to a little gross which kids absolutely love. If you can not interact with this book when reading it, you will not enjoy it, you need to let loose and have fun. As the title warns readers, this book is full of monsters. Scary, gross, smelly monsters. If you make it to the end without shutting the book, you get a Diploma of Bravery which my grandson thought I should be able to print out for him. I know this is one we would read over and over. A great book for school libraries, families and classrooms.

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Monster books are a dime a dozen. In order to have an excellent new monster book it must have something that really stands out. This book doesn't quite hit the mark. The interaction between reader and book as an enjoyable aspect but the rest o bookshelf somewhat scattered and not really fun for readers.

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3 1\2 out of 5

My kids love gross out books so I figured this would be a great book to read after all my kids ages are 10, 8,6 and 4.

However for some reason my kids lost interest pretty quick and decided they didn't really like the book. The book is what the titles says This Book Is Full Of Monsters " small, smelly, yelling, creepy… monster" They liked the pictures but the story wasn't engaging enough for my army of kids.

Thank you for the advance Copy from Netgalley for my honest thoughts

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This book would be AWESOME at story time. I can see it now. We would have so much fun. Each monster gets bigger and scarier. Plus there is the fun “do it yourself” elements that make it a very active book. Plus when you get to the end you get a diploma. Love it! Want it! Need it!

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Beautifully illustrated and interactive book for both girls and boys, perfect to get young children into reading!

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At a certain age, kids just want silly, scary, books with monsters. And this book does that. It is full of monsters of all sorts. Smelly monsters, scarey monsters, gross monsters. And the good thing, of course, is that kids can just close the book if they get scared, although I think the monsters are just goofy enough they won't really be scared.

Recommend for both libraries and homes. Could become a kid's favorite book.

The parents, on the other hand, might get bored with it, so it is a good thing it is a picture book.



Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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With this title, there’s nothing else I need to tell you. With books like these I have to keep reminding myself they’re for children, as sometimes the most painfully obvious thing is spelled out. For example, the very first page says if you get scared you can stop reading at any time.
Monsters are cute when they’re babies, but even then have sharp teeth. Some monsters get you with their smell, others with their banshee wail. But yeah, that slime guy might be the worst of all.
At the end there’s a certificate for making it through.
Wasn’t sold on this. Not all the monsters were given a “superpower” of evil, so to speak. Some were simply mentioned as looking scary, though they really didn’t look it. I read another of this author’s books, where a dog has to find a place to go potty, and frankly that felt scarier.
2.5 pushed up to 3/5

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This book is incredibly interactive and a wonderful to read along with your child. They don't just sit there and listen but roar along with the monsters. If they start to get scared they are gently told they can slam the book shut. The illustrations are suitably monster-creepy and this book is funny! Kids will love it.

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Colourful and silly are the best ways of describing this book. And lets face it colourful and silly are the byword of successful and popular books for kids. One thing though. This is the sort of book meant for a physical copy. Despite my love of all things ebook you have to go for hardcover. Little boys will especially love this. A quick and easy read that just cries out for reader and listener participation.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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