Monster's Lunch Box

by Marc Brown

An interactive picture book that details the gruesome contents of a monster's lunchbox.

Genres: Picture Books

16 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

Marc Tolon Brown is perhaps best known for his series of children's books about Arthur the aardvark, which was turned into an animated television show on PBS. Brown is a three-time Emmy Award winner, for his role on the television show inspired by his books.

He lives on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. He has three children, sons Tolon and Tucker, and daughter Eliza. The names of his two sons have been hidden in all of the Arthur books except for one: Arthur's Tooth.

Reviews

[Ms. Biesecker]

Category: Engineered books
Author: Marc Brown
Illustrator: Marc Brown
Title: Monster’s Lunch Box
Publication date: 1995
Brief annotation: Interactive, tactile picture book detailing the contents of various monsters’ lunch boxes and what they eat.
Themes: horror, humor, food
Ways to use the book with children: Working on categorization (ex: this monster eats ___)

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A group of young children discover a "smelly lunch box" and decide to take a look inside. They discover various foods like lizard eyes, spots of green gorilla snot and even a ball of belly button lint. But what would a monster really like to eat? The end is sure to make you laugh or scream.