The Hungry Monster
The Hungry Monster

The Hungry Monster

Written by Phyllis Root & illustrated by Sue Heap
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2 - 5
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24
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Mar 3, 1997
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The monster has come to planet Earth. The monster is hungry! Really, really hungry! What will the monster eat? A daisy? A rock? A tree? A little girl? YIKES! Luckily, the girl in this story knows just what a hungry monster would like to eat. Phyllis Root and Sue Heap provide lots of YUCKS and YUMS and loads of fun for emergent readers in this appealing story.

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      Author
      Phyllis Root

      I have published fifty books for children, including Lucia and the Light, Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble, and Big Momma Makes the World, which won a Horn Book Award for picture books. A recent picture book One North Star won a John Burroughs Riverby award for Nature Writing, a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award, and a Midwest Booksellers Choice Award. I teach in the low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults Program at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

      Illustrator
      Sue Heap

      Sue Heap has written and illustrated many books for children, including the New York Times best-seller How to Be a Baby. Sue lives in Oxfordshire, England.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780763600600
    Publication Date
    March 3, 1997
    Publisher
    Candlewick
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 1997
    Page Count
    24
    Audience
    Board
    Reading Age
    2 - 5 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    96006225
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    34318391

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