Becks is a monster, a very bouncy monster! Her over the top bouncing, excitement for life, and cheerful personality are great - until they are too much. Becks bouncy stunt on Mill Street does not turn out to be a good experience for her or the neighborhood. Not to worry, Becks realizes she needs a little help to control her bounciness. Excellent rhyming book with cute monster illustrations and the little ones get great lessons about utilizing executive function and social emotional learning (SEL) skills.

This is the third Monster on Mill Street book I've read, and I would honestly have to say that it's my least favorite. It was still really cute, and I loved the rhyming pattern, but I just felt like the story wasn't my favorite. I felt like the mess caused by the bouncing kind of came out of nowhere. But, I still really liked the illustrations and thought they worked great with the words.

While the visuals were appeasing, I'm not a fan of the idea behind this one. Most kids are hyper and managing them is no joke. This story doesn't give a decent example or practical solutions to the issue.

This was absolutely adorable. The second book that we read from Sarah Sparks, and we were not disappointed. As a momma of an adorable ten year old who has boundless energy, I could see this being SO good for young kids! They will absolutely fall in love with Becks and learn a few things about taking their time. Thank you to Sarah Sparks and Netgalley for allowing me to read the ARC of this story!

Great lesson in this for kids who are hyper. Teaches them it's but be careful not to hurt anyone and to take the time to do other things to expel their energy.

This book is adorable and I knew my 3 year old would love it as soon as I saw the title. She is nothing if not a bouncy monster! Colorful, fun illustrations with a streamlined story that is fun for me to read to her.

This is such a cute story! I love how Becks is full of energy and bouncy, often like my kids at home. Becks learns that bouncing isn't always the best when she ruins some things in her house. Such a good lesson for kids to learn, as well as what to do with all that energy they are filled with. The story is cute and rhyming, easy for kids to follow along with. I love the adorable pictures and find the story extremely relatable. Overall, the perfect book to read with any kiddo!

In The Bounciest Monster on Mill Street, Becks is a bouncing bundle of endless energy. When her bouncing gets out of control, it’s up to Becks to find out a solution.

In this adorable rhyming picture book series, author Sarah Sparks wrote to assist children in developing executive functioning and social-emotional learning. In that aspect, she exceeded expectations. Becks witnesses what happens when she loses control, which allows her to sit back and discover how to fix the issues she faces without adult intervention. I also admire that Sparks accomplished this without an abundance of text.

The bright, colorful, and zany illustrations by Sypha Vendez are totally delightful and will engage readers right from the start. Because Sparks delivered her message succinctly, this left a lot of space for Vendez to explore the Mill Street community and the characters’ emotions with her artwork. She truly brought this story to life just as much as the author.

Sparks knows how to create entertaining message-driven fiction in a way that the reader will learn without realizing it. I’m looking forward to more from this talented author.

Becks is the Bounciest Monster on Mill Street. She wiggles, she jiggles, she bounces with uncontained energy. She bounces through Mill Street and too close to the sun. She bounces through space and encounters an alien. Becks just can't be still. While it seems to be so much fun at first Becks comes back to earth with a crash and realizes the mess that she's made.

"Designed to assist children in developing executive functioning and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills" the Monsters of Mill Street series uses adorable monsters to illustrate some of the challenges that children face, and the means to think and resolve those challenges for themselves. I thought the story was fun, easy for children 3 and up to read and comprehend, and was a useful conversational tool to get children to see their own behaviors at whatever their level currently is.

As with many of the children's book i review, I enlisted my 9 and 11 year old helpers to read and review the book with me and to give their opinions. Both kids thought the story was funny and well illustrated however, as the 11 year old is hyperactive, he could easily see himself in Becks. He identified with how having big energy led to big physical and emotional crashes. Because he has learned over the last few years how to recognize (most of the time) when he is overly active, both mentally and physically, and how to take space and calm himself, he really liked that Becks learned to do the same. He has also had to learn the hard way that sometimes that hyperactivity has led to some not so pleasant moments of things said and done with friends and family, which he has had to apologize for and make right. We appreciated the way that the author had Becks taking responsibility for her own actions and having to clean up the messes that she made. It was great reinforcement of healthy behaviors that we have tried to instill.

Overall both kids really liked this book and the others in the Monsters of Mill Street series.

The monsters on Mill Street series targets children's habits and attitudes while teaching life lessons to monsters. The children easily identify the monsters' bad habits and find lots of fun in how the monsters learn. Sarah Sparks has done an excellent job targeting the stories to children ages 4-8 while still being a fun read if the child were a couple of years older. We actually got our "messy" 10 year old to read them to his lirrle brother so had two life lessons at once. These will be added to our home library. They will also be gifts to many of the youngsters in our family. What a fun way to learn!

This Monsters on Mill Street series is adorable! In this book Becks is a ball of energy and her bouncing gets out of control. I especially love this book because at the end it still honors the fact that Becks needs to move, but also that sometimes it is good to be still. The illustrations are cute and the rhyming makes the book fun to read and listen to. These books are way to introduce behavior topics that you would like to discuss with kiddos because even though the situations in the book are clearly overboard, it opens the topic of what are the realistic consequences of the behavior. Thank you to Netgalley and ViaNova Productions for an advance reading copy of this book for review purposes.

The bounciest monster on mill Street
By Sarah sparks, sypha vendez
Becks is an energetic little monster that finds over doing something just because it's fun can be a problem. This social emotional learning book is a great resource for teachers working with early elementary school. It's lesson shows moderation and diversity.

Becks is known for her boundless energy and zest for life, but one day her exuberance gets her into a heap of trouble!

Join this high-spirited monster on an unforgettable bouncing escapade down Mill Street (and beyond).

Just like The Messiest Monster, this book is full of beautiful and bright illustrations, as well as excellent rhyming.

Becks has to learn to slow down AND calm down and figure out ways to constructively use all of that energy without getting hurt or causing trouble.

A lesson that many kids need! Especially in today’s world.

It was a very good book. Had such a beautiful message and the illustrations are eye catching. Definitely an amazing read for kids.

I could see using this book with my littles to demonstrate how their actions may impact others and their environment. The beginning of the book was the strongest conceptually. The cake bit, as well as the ending, seemed weak.

I did like that the other tried to show that a child's energy can be diverted elsewhere, like to a sport, I would suggest gearing the ending towards activities that would appeal more to a younger audience. Why did author choose jogging?

Read this to your little who has the wiggles. I liked that this story is more about being careful than stopping who they are. This monster likes to bounce and that's ok as long as they are careful.

The illustrations are colorful and bright.

A link is included in the back of the book for videos, activities and resources.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

When we read the Bounciest Monster Bean was excited as he bounces around all the time. Becks is a ball of energy and expends that energy by bouncing everywhere, even in space. She learns that sometimes bouncing is not a good thing and she needs to know to be calm. Bean can completely relate to this as he gets to run laps or ride his bike in laps when he needs to expel the excess. Becks teaches kids the importance of taking a breath and not exploding all their energy into the world.

Overall, each book in this series teaches young kids that it is okay to be the way you are, but sometimes you have to make adjustments so your actions are not harmful to them, or those around them. We read these books 3 days ago and my son can not stop talking about them. He says these books are about him or they have a little bit about him in them. The art is adorable, and the books have a great message for the little ones.

This was a great book to read with my kids. They were interested and it has such great illustrations and themes.

This book was gifted to me by the publishers through NetGallery.

Witty story of a high-strung monster who learns ways to manage her hyperactivity.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley and ViaNova Productions in exchange for an honest review.

I love all of these Monster stories! They're so creative and engaging with fun illustrations. Thanks #NetGalley