Review: Cute Idea, Awkward Rhyming ...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
"A Monster Stole My Shoe" presents a cute idea - there is a monster under a little girl's bed and it steals her shoe - in rhyme.  Unfortunately, the rhyming is awkward and some of the rhymes are forced.  This makes Julia Abby Thomas's book a bad choice as a read-aloud story.  The author's cute, colorful illustrations add a fun element to this book and are nicely done.The idea that monsters are imaginary and the manner in which the main character learns to deal with her fears are good ones, the execution of the narrative is not.  It is for this reason, I could not give this book five stars.