I don't even know where to begin in telling you what makes this book so amazing. First, it is a Little Golden Book, and if you are like me just seeing that gold binding brings back memories of childhood reading. When I first had my son and I saw this book at the bookstore I had to buy it for him- it is his first Little Golden Book.
What else makes it amazing you ask? Well the plot for one. Here is Grover having a conversation with you about how he absolutely does not want to see the monster at the end of the book. He tries everything begging, pleading, tying and nailing pages together. Grover will stop at nothing to get you to stop turning pages. But of course the reader cannot help but turn the pages because they want to see the monster at the end of the book. When you finally get to the end of the book the only monster there is Grover who is "So embarrassed."
I am not going to stop there. My one and a half year old loves this book, even he gets the humor in it. It is a book that we can interact with. When Grover is pleading not to turn the page I always ask my son, "Should we turn the page?" and the answer is always yes. I love reading it to him and hearing him laugh at what he thinks is so funny, that must be why it is a "Little Golden Book" because anything that can make a baby laugh is golden to me!
Lastly, this book was written by an original Sesame Street writer. Jon Stone wrote the pilot episode of Sesame Street, directed and produced several episodes. He was the director from 1969 to 1994. If The Monster at the End of this Book was written by a Sesame Street director than it has to be good.
If your child does not yet have a Little Golden Book, make this their first one, or at least add it to the collection. It is totally worth the $2.99 it costs!
Happy Reading!
Laura
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