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Monster Manners
In lilting rhymed text and colorful, lively pictures, three mischievous young monsters demonstrate good and bad manners in many situations, including playing, eating, reading, bathing, and cleaning house.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 30, 1996
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Bethany Roberts
44 books17 followersI've wanted to be a children's book author as far back as I can remember. When I was eight years old I wrote a story about a rabbit. I am still writing stories about rabbits- and mice, cats, children, monsters, and dragons!
When I was growing up, I was the neighborhood storyteller. I would make up stories on the spot for younger children in the neighborhood. I read a lot of books. But I was also a bit of a tomboy. I spent much of my time outdoors, usually barefoot, climbing trees and stone-hopping across brooks.
On my way to becoming a children's book author, I was also a teacher and a children's librarian. I always liked story hours best. When my own children, Krista and Melissa, were small, I read to them constantly- stacks and stacks of books. I think I learned the most about writing from all that reading.
Today I live in Hamden, Connecticut, with my wonderfully encouraging and supportive husband, our two daughters, and our cat. We live in a white house with lots of flowers.
When I was growing up, I was the neighborhood storyteller. I would make up stories on the spot for younger children in the neighborhood. I read a lot of books. But I was also a bit of a tomboy. I spent much of my time outdoors, usually barefoot, climbing trees and stone-hopping across brooks.
On my way to becoming a children's book author, I was also a teacher and a children's librarian. I always liked story hours best. When my own children, Krista and Melissa, were small, I read to them constantly- stacks and stacks of books. I think I learned the most about writing from all that reading.
Today I live in Hamden, Connecticut, with my wonderfully encouraging and supportive husband, our two daughters, and our cat. We live in a white house with lots of flowers.
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May 31, 2025
This book walks you through naughty vs nice behavior & explains that monsters can be either depending on the day. Though I understand we are dealing with monsters, I did not like that this book created space for only *sometimes* being nice/behaving well & though the illustrations are cute, the book felt long. I would not check this out again.
January 3, 2013
A cute way to show the difference between goood manners and bad manners. The book gave both examples of several situations that kids can relate to using the phrase "sometimes monsters... But sometimes they..." giving the reader plenty of opportunities to reinforce the good manners. My kids enjoyed the pictures and could relate to many of the situations.
April 2, 2013
The dinosaurs in this book were just like my kids. It was a really cute story.
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