The Monster Who Lost His Mean
"Readers will chime in with the 'hip, hip hooray' this cuddly-looking creature earns when he finally embraces and celebrates his differences." --Kirkus"...listeners and readers will delight in the Onster's search for his place in the world." --School Library Journal"Monsters  are characterized in this takeoff of letter-word associations as Mean,  Observant, Noisy, Super Strong, Tough-to-please, Envious, and  Remarkable, but what happens if the letter M for Mean is missing? The  multicolored monster crew of Monsterwood won't tolerate the chartreuse  mutant, not even while eating eyeball soup. Try as he might to find the M  and be mean (view his delightful but vain search attempts in the  endpapers), Onster's behavior is altered. A new identity brings an array  of friends that leave footprints on his heart. Bold digital  illustrations on white backgrounds illuminate Onster's antics. This  clever picture book by Tiffany Strelitz Haber in her debut as an author  features a lively rhyming text and portrays appealing monster creatures  sure to pique young reader's enthusiasm." --Children's Literature, Barbara Troisi