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Scholastic Book Club has published a paperback edition. [1] [2] In 2013, Pony Tale produced an interactive I Need My Monster app. [3] [4] In 2014, Storyline Online (the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's award-winning children's literacy website) filmed Rita Moreno of West Side Story fame reading I Need My Monster.
Based on a folktale, the story follows a mustachioed cap-selling peddler (unnamed in the book, he is known as Pezzo in the sequel, Circus Caps for Sale) who wears his entire stock of caps on his head. When the peddler goes to sleep under a tree, a troupe of monkeys steal all the caps, except his own checked cap, and put them on.
The perfectly crafted rhyming text is ideal for reading aloud. And the ambitious princess is a great touch." [1] Zog has also been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, [2] Booklist, [3] and the School Library Journal. [3] In 2010, the story book won the Galaxy National Book Award. [4]
The Littlest Angel is an American children's book by Charles Tazewell. It was first published in 1946, illustrated by Katherine Evans. It was reissued with different illustrators in 1962 and 1991. All the versions were published by Children's Press Inc. As of 2001 it was the fifteenth best-selling children's book of all time. [1]
According to the book's inscription, it was written in memory of the author's mother, Rebecca Poringer Baker. In January 2007, a 25th anniversary edition of the book was released. [2] A Chair for My Mother is a read-aloud picture story book, written for an audience between ages 4 and 8. Williams uses primary colors in the illustrations that are ...
Don't Forget the Bacon! is a children's book written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins. It was published by Bodley Head in 1976. The story is about a little boy who tries to memorise a list of groceries his mother has asked him to buy. The book has been used as a teaching tool to instruct children about early learning concepts.
A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-graders in schools in San Diego County, California. [8] A 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [9]
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books's Kate Quealy-Gainer provided a mixed review, indicating that "Bear’s rambling makes the story a bit text heavy, but Anders the hare is terrifically amusing as the droll friend who breaks the news to Jeff."