Leonardo the Terrible Monster is by my all time favorite children's author Mo Willems. It is the sweet story of a monster, who at first you think is going to be terribly mean and nasty but, soon find out he is just not very good at being a monster.
Leonardo just wishes for the chance to "scare the tuna salad" out of someone, so he finds the most scaredy cat boy in the whole world- Sam. When Leonard sneaks up on Sam and scares him Sam starts to cry. Leonardo is so proud of himself but then he realizes that Sam is crying because of the terrible day that he has had. At that moment Leonardo discovers that "instead of being a terrible monster, he could be a wonderful friend."
Not only does this book have a sweet message but kids think it is funny. They like how Mo Willems write Sam's entire bad day on one page with not punctuation so it has be to read all in one breath and how he uses dialogue to move the story along. When you read this book out loud make it even more fun by coming up with a voice for Sam and Leonardo.
Start out October by reading Leonardo the Terrible Monster to show kids that monsters are not always mean and scary!
Happy Reading!
Laura
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