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Emberley, Rebecca , Emberley, Adrian , Emberley, Ed

There Was an Old Monster!

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | July, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-10145-5 $16.99
(3) PS In this takeoff on the classic cumulative story, a monster swallows increasingly large creatures, starting with a tick and ending with a jackal (his attempt to swallow a lion ends poorly). Deliciously bright colors and zany creature-within-creature illustrations will keep the pages of this silly verse turning. Repetition and a catchy onomatopoetic refrain ("scritchy-scratch, scritch, scritchy-scratch") make participation irresistible.
Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

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