Monster Mess!

by Margery Cuyler, S.D. Schindler (Illustrator)

Crash, crash!

Stomp, stomp!

A tired monster goes up the stairs.
But

zzzz, zzzz,

a boy is sound asleep. And

ick, ick,

his room is not so neat --
not neat enough for a monster to take a nap! So

whishtt, whishtt,

the monster starts to clean.

Genres: Picture Books, Monsters, Storytime, Childrens, Halloween, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 5, 2008

About the author

Margery Cuyler is the author of many books for children, including From Here to There, The Little Dump Truck, and That’s Good! That’s Bad! The idea for That’s Good! That’s Bad! was inspired by a conversation with her son, Thomas, who asked, "Can't bad things change into good things?" Ms. Cuyler grew up in the oldest house in Princeton, NJ, and started writing stories as soon as she learned how to write. She now lives in the same house with her husband, sons and two cats.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/marger...

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A monster makes his way through a house at night time. He find a room that is very messy and decides to clean it up. When morning comes a young boy awakes to find a sleeping monster on his floor. Fun ensues.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute! Barrett loves it and so do I

[Karla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent; cute. Not as great as others out there.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odd story but good pictures, read it at the Pratt.

[Jeimy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the silly rhyme.

[Valerie Doherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the onomatopoeias and the monster! Funny.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

It takes away a little bit of fear of monsters.

[Heather Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny book with a tidy monster. The illustrations are great.

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mock Caldecott. Just found it strange. A monster cleans up a boy's room while he sleeps...at first it is supposed to be unclear that he is helping...but perhaps a big bad monster since he is making lots of scary noises. Oh no! The boy is waking up...but it's ok because he is friends with the monster.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zzzz, zzzz the little boy is sleeping; tiptoe, tiptoe, around the house the monster creeps! He creeps, crashes, stomps and bangs throughout the house, but do not fear, he's after the smelly shoes and socks, the messy toys and blocks! With its nice rhythm and onomatopoeia, this book will encourage all little monsters to clean up their messes!

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Monster is tired. He creeps around at night but not for the reason one may suspect...he cleans! Apparently he, like many human creatures, has difficulty falling asleep unless the room is clean! Will either mesmerize or terrorize my 3s at OR this month. :)

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun book about monsters and cleaning up your room. A perfect combination for reading aloud with children, complete with lots of silly onomatopoeia and a rhythmic, rhyming narrative. We've borrowed this one a couple of times.

[Tabatha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really fun to read, and lots of drama so its great for the end of storytime. The ending is kind of so so and that is really my only dissapointment. All in all it kept the attention of the tots and I would definitly use this again.

[Brenda Cregor · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a time that a "monster" [ a pillowcase with a face painted on it] used to come and pick up any toys that our children left out.

20 years later, they would probably read this book and have PTSD flashbacks.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I may be slow, but I don't really get it.

[The Library Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can Margery Cuyler please send this monster to my house to clean my 13 year old's room? :D

[Meghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

An action packed read-aloud with bright illustrations and fun and snappy language.

[Marcie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Melanie's current book obsession!

[Tina B · Rating 3 out of 5]

"monster under the bed, bedtime, monster cleans bedroom during the night then tickles boy next morning"

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting take on the monster under the bed. He cleans the room so he can lie down. The boy's alarm clock rouses them both...
Friendly, helpful.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very clean monster tidies up a child’s room during the night. The text uses words that can be acted out like ‘stomp, stomp, climb up the kitchen stairs.’

[Christine Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A monster sneaks into a boy's room and cleans up while the boy is asleep. www.hcpl.net

[Anj · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my husband's favorite books to read.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful illustrations and great sounds can make this book a great read for story time.
A monster sneaks into a boy's room and cleans up while the boy is asleep.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book a monster cleans up a mess of a boy while he sleeps. I didn't quite understand the story because the monster just plays with the boy at the end.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Piu, piu what smelly socks & shoes!" My three year old thought this book was hilarious. A sweet, albeit clumsy monster who cleans a little boy's room at night.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the art, but not the story.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a bit on the fence with my feelings about this one (in regards to its usage in a story time setting). But it might be fun to count the monsters legs...

[Mariah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the piece by piece introduction of the monster, all his hands/feet, and the unusual actions of the monster.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are really fun and it's a neat story of a monster actually cleaning up a little boy's mess! Has some onomatopoeia in too.