Monsters Not Allowed

by Tracey Hammett

When a monster stomps his way into school and then yodels, warbles and whoops his way through lessons, the teachers are worried. Soon he does so many naughty things that Mr Jedd the Deputy Head bans him from the school! But the children love their monster, and without him the school feels sad and quiet. Can everyone pull together and persuade Mr Jedd to change his mind? This is a warm and funny story all about the importance of including others, and learning to love the things that make them different.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2010

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Monsters not allowed is a delightful rhyming book about a school that has a monster turn up one day and join one of the classes. Unfortunately the monster wrecks so much havoc that the Deputy Head bans monsters from the school. The children are so sad after that monster leaves that the school are forced to invite him back. They must make signs to encourage the monster to come back. This would be a good book to read to any class up to Year 2. There are lots of lovely adjectives that are used to describe the monster and many references to describing the parts of the body. This book could be used to support the learning of the parts of the body and to explore rhyme. It could be used for a monster topic where children have to describe and/or draw their own monster for their class. All in all this is a fun book that will get many laughs at home and in the classroom.

[Julie Grasso · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the moment I opened this book the toddler loved it. The illustrations are wonderful, the rhythm and rhyme are great. This is our most requested book so far.

[Snowy Class · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very funny, with a happy ending, and we thought the pictures were very good.

[Andi Fatahillah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny and interesting story