My Monster Mama Loves Me So (Paperback)

At once tender and funny, this monster bedtime story is guaranteed to generate giggles, tickles, and plenty of monster hugs. Buehner, beloved for his illustrations for "Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm" and "A Job for Wittilda, " creates colorful (and monstrous) fun in his pictures. Full-color illustrations.

Publishers Weekly,Few monsters have been as sweet as the green, googly-eyed mother and son in this cuddly picture book. More literal and less ominous than Liz Rosenberg and Stephen Gammell's Monster Mama, Leuck's (Sun Is Falling, Night Is Calling) rhyming verse describes the myriad ways a mother shows her boundless love: "She gives me great big hairy hugs,/ bakes me cookies filled with bugs,.../ she sings a monster lullaby/ of things that shriek and moan and creep���/ soothing things to help me sleep." The tender tone is sure to make this a bedtime favorite for drowsy toddlers. Buehner (My Life with the Wave) attacks his subject matter with obvious glee in vibrant acrylic-and-oil paintings of grinning three-eyed, four-armed monsters with blue toenails taking a dip in a dark and murky swamp or participating in a Little League "beastball" game. With a wink, he portrays "the scary things [that] come out/ to wave their arms and scream and shout" as human children. This parallel cobwebby world is all heart. Ages 2-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved,Publishers Weekly,Publishers Weekly,Few monsters have been as sweet as the green, googly-eyed mother and son in this cuddly picture book. More literal and less ominous than Liz Rosenberg and Stephen Gammell's Monster Mama, Leuck's (Sun Is Falling, Night Is Calling) rhyming verse describes the myriad ways a mother shows her boundless love: "She gives me great big hairy hugs,/ bakes me cookies filled with bugs,.../ she sings a monster lullaby/ of things that shriek and moan and creep���/ soothing things to help me sleep." The tender tone is sure to make this a bedtime favorite for drowsy toddlers. Buehner (My Life with the Wave) attacks his subject matter with obvious glee in vibrant acrylic-and-oil paintings of grinning three-eyed, four-armed monsters with blue toenails taking a dip in a dark and murky swamp or participating in a Little League "beastball" game. With a wink, he portrays "the scary things [that] come out/ to wave their arms and scream and shout" as human children. This parallel cobwebby world is all heart. Ages 2-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Book format	Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Children's Books
Publication date	August, 2002
Pages	24
Reading level	Preschool
Age range	4 - 8 Years
Subgenre	Family
Series title	No Series
Number in series	6
Edition	1
Publisher	HarperCollins
Original languages	English
Language	English
Educational level	Preschool
Awards won	IRA/CBC Children's Choice
Is collectible	N
Illustrator	Mark Buehner
Binding type	Perfect Binding
Recording time	0 min
Retail packaging	Single Piece
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	8.98 x 0.16 x 8.99 in
Assembled product weight	0.25 lb
Bisac subject heading	Juvenile Fiction