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McKee's picture book about two monsters who disagree cleverly shows children how much better it is to communicate with each other. McKee, author and film animator, has created two monsters who are appealing in their shortsightedness. The blue monster lives on the west side of a mountain, and the red monster lives on the east side. They talk to each other through a hole in the mountain, but all they do is disagree. One says the day is departing; the other says no, the night is arriving. One says the night is leaving and the other disagrees, claiming that the day is arriving. They call each other names - "You hairy, long-nosed nincompoop!"; "You're a stupid old wind-filled prone!"; "And you are a bowlegged, soggy cornflake!" - and then start throwing stones at each other. Soon, their rock-hurling results in smashing down the mountain, and they see each other for the very first time. And, finally, they can see each other's viewpoints: they end up enjoying watching the sunset together. McKee's goofy-looking monsters and their creative insults make this an engaging little story. (Kirkus Reviews)
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New Andersen paperback edition of this memorable story of two fighting monsters.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fantastic fun book which is interesting and funny for all children, with a well meaning and delightful message to help children understand tolerance.
For adults, this book really is the wrong category, it ought to be a number one best seller for all senior management to help gain a better understanding of company politics! So very often departments are trying to acheive the same goal but don't always appreciate their respective colleagues perspectives, this book gets this message across beautifully.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My children loved this book when they were little (they are now 19, 17 & 16) - They used to cry with laughter at the funny names the monsters called each other and they have not grown up insulting, rude or violent adults.
I am now purchasing a copy for a friends daughter and hope she gets as much joy from it being read to her as my own children did.
If I had read some of the reviews on here I may never have brought the book in the first place which would have been a real shame and my children would have missed out on a lot of laughter and for the record one of the worse insults used in the book is "you soggy cornflake" children have a simple, silly sense of humour and this book is perfect for them.
I am now purchasing a copy for a friends daughter and hope she gets as much joy from it being read to her as my own children did.
If I had read some of the reviews on here I may never have brought the book in the first place which would have been a real shame and my children would have missed out on a lot of laughter and for the record one of the worse insults used in the book is "you soggy cornflake" children have a simple, silly sense of humour and this book is perfect for them.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book, hilarious and insightful. Don't let the bulk of the previous reviews put you off. There are no expletives in this book just playful banter between two monsters whose initial stances are eventually shown as what the were; ignorant.
Ironic, really.
Ironic, really.
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Lovely book
Lovely book and extremely educational. The illustrations are so cute too!
I definetly recommend it. I bought it to give to a child from a friend of mine and he loved it too!
I definetly recommend it. I bought it to give to a child from a friend of mine and he loved it too!
Published 2 days ago by M. Moreira
Monstrous!
I purchased this book to see if I could use it for a Year 2 class. The topic is monsters and the teachers wanted some SEAL lessons linked to the Getting on and Falling Out theme. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cooking Up A
A delight
A wonderfully funny, keenly observed picture-book text with an important but subtle message (which is given without patronising the reader). Read more
Published 11 months ago by NENK
two monsters
lovely illustrations great ryhming book my boys loved it oldest at 4 had tears in his eyes from laughing so much at the silly words. Brilliant!
Published on 13 April 2010 by Mr. Mark S. Page
Appalling
I wander why society is what it is today, with books being published for children like this.
Yes it does learn about compromise and acceptance, however the name calling... Read more
Yes it does learn about compromise and acceptance, however the name calling... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by David A. Nash
Ooops
I bought this as a little token present for my nephew... the feedback I got from my sister was not so good. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2009 by Miss N. Y. Sarkar
How did this get published?
If you want your children to learn how to insult each other then this is for you, otherwise stay clear. Absolutely terrible. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2008 by C. Shephard
wording
the words in this book are quite inappropriate for the age group that it is for. the monsters spend most of the book insulting each other with quite offending words and names, then... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2008 by J. Souter
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