Review: The Monster Mash
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2012
What a wonderful concept, picture book. The author takes commonplace objects like a barber pole, spaghetti and an old school chair and turns them into monsters children can laugh at. This is very valuable as it allows children to diffuse fears they have of the dark and being alone in their room at night.The illustrations of the monsters are creative and funny. I think I would have placed each illustration at the beginning of each passage about the monster and then had an illustration in the middle of the passage showing the monster putting words in the poetry into action.I would have been more comfortable if each passage had a heading, for example: Barber Pole Monster, Old Chair Monster and so on. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking this fine little book. I'm just pointing out how it might have been a little more organized and effective.Papa DeanAuthor of Revenge of the Video Game