Review: a delightful story with charming illustrations
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
"The Monster in Kevin's Closet" is one of those wonderful kids' books that work on many different levels. First and foremost, it's a delightful story with charming illustrations that most young kids will thoroughly enjoy. That in itself is more than enough reasons to buy this book.But author Laura Souther offers a number of other layers. If you take a scholarly approach, the monster in the closet can represent a child's imagination and, as such, encourages the child reading this book (or, most likely, having it read to them) to respect and encourage their youthful imagination. If you take an educational approach, you can see the opportunities to open a discussion with your child (e.g., "If you had a closet monster, where would you like it to take you?").Whatever your approach, you will find that your child will ask you to read it to them again and again. And what parent or grandparent could ask anything more from a book?