The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Yolen, Jane

Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters

32 pp. | Candlewick | July, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-5727-7 $14.99

(3) PS Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. A passel of googly-eyed creatures cavort around a park, to the rhythm of Yolen's spare, easy-to-follow rhyming text: "Monsters hopscotch. / Monsters slide. / Monsters swing and piggy-back ride." A story line emerges from Murphy's multi-hued oil, acrylic, and gel illustrations: a mother monster and her children are having a blast until a tussle leads (very briefly) to hurt feelings.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2013