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Jun 06, 2015skyekilaen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the sweetest monster books EVER. Michelle Knudsen is becoming one of my favorite children's book authors. In this soft book, schoolgirl Marilyn gets tired of waiting for her monster to find her. Everyone in her class has theirs already. So she goes to find it herself, even though that's not how things are "supposed" to work. I love Marilyn's quiet determination. I love her kindness to her monster once she finds it. And I super-love how expressive all the faces are in this book. Phelan knows his stuff! Plus, how fun would it be if everybody had their own monster? p.s. to the #weneeddiversebooks crowd, of which I am a proud member, I'm 90% sure that Marilyn is biracial, with a white dad and an Asian mom. At the very least, you can easily see it that way, even if it wasn't intentional.