Boo on the Loose

Disney's First Readers - Level 3

by Gail Herman, Walt Disney Company, Scott Tilley (Illustrator)

Boys and girls ages 4-6 will scare themselves silly with this Step 2 featuring the adventures of Sulley and his one-eyed friend Mike from the computer-animated Disney/Pixar blockbuster Monsters , Inc.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Gail Herman, formerly a children's book editor in New York City, has written picture books, easy-to-reads, and chapter books, including many titles in the Who Was/What Was series. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts with her family.

Reviews

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

My special needs adult son and I enjoyed reading this book; as it had some of our favorite characters in it but wasn't 'word by word' with the movie. It is similar in places of the movie but the rest is different which I like. When I read a child's book I like to have it be a story by itself not word for word of the movie it's made from. It's boring to the child your reading it to. so to have the story changed some brings smiles as it encourages reading and favorite characters.

[Danette · Rating 2 out of 5]

10/20/17 Read with Naomi & Julia.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a rather lovely concept, that laughter is stronger than fear.

[Sarah - All The Book Blog Names Are Taken · Rating 1 out of 5]

Eleanor LOVES Monsters, Inc and Monsters University. In fact, we watched MI three times yesterday and are watching MU as I type this.

That being said, this book is terrible. It makes no sense and can't even be called a movie adaptation. Even Eleanor was confused and hardly paid attention. That means a lot, since she loves Sulley especially.

Also, it wasn't even accurate, ignoring the whole 'leaving Boo at the park' idea. First, monsters don't go through bedroom doors, they go through closet doors into the human world. And technically, Boo wasn't her name, it's just what Sulley called her.

Waste of money if you love the movies as much as we do.

[Kate Puleo Unger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boo on the Loose is a strange adaptation of Monsters Inc. I almost wonder if it was written based off of an older version of the script. It starts off the same as the movie, but then instead of trying to leave Boo at work disguised as a monster child, they try to ditch her at the park. So weird.

We own this book, and it's a level 2 easy reader. It was a super easy read, but we read it on a night when Christopher was over tired and didn't have the patience for a harder book. It fulfilled the "Book about a Monster" square for bingo.

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[Reggie_Love · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have a confession: I love Boo. She is, by far, my favourite Pixar character ever created. I even want a tat of her in her purple monster costume. This book fills me with joy. It's a milder version of Monsters, INC. There are no scary/evil monster trying to kidnap Boo or rivaling Sulley. Mike and Sulley decide to leave Boo at a park, but Sulley becomes attached. The illustrator did an amazing job with Boo and her facial features. It was great. Her joy and adorableness bounced off the pages. Any child (...or child-like adult) will love this story.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I told David he was assigned here-on-out to read to Elizabeth every day. He chose this book from our library pile. The story is not the average story we know from the movie. It was quite a bit harder than the typical book on this level. I'll have to look for more.

[Miriam · Rating 2 out of 5]

That was strange. It sort of told the story of Monsters, Inc., but sort of did not at all. The illustrations were very cute, and as storybook adaptations of animated films go, it's all right, but it's very strange how it changes the story of the movie so totally.

[Alexandra]

Version I have is actually Step-Into-Reading, Step 2 and the author is Gail Herman.

[Aaliyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaliyah loved this book. She wants me to read it to her again (which I will). :)

[Levine · Rating 4 out of 5]

My student loves this book.