New Picture Book Review: Monsters Eat Whiny Children

By Bruce Eric Kaplan
Best for Ages: 4-8
Call Number: E Kaplan, B.

Need a good New Year’s resolution-- How about less whining? These kids probably should have had that as their goal BEFORE the monsters came to eat them.

In this book we learn how a monster steals Henry and Eve away from their home and takes them back to his lair to make a delicious whiny child salad. But the monster’s wife has doesn't like the salad he's prepared, and the monster’s neighbor would much prefer whiny child burgers. Between whiny child salads, whiny child burgers, whiny child cake, and whiny child vindaloo we discover that grown up monsters can be just as whiny as whiny children. And, boy is whining ridiculous!

Using simple line drawings with accents of color, you might recognize Kaplan’s drawings from the New Yorker, or his kooky style of writing from the tv show Seinfeld. For example “The Monster’s wife said she couldn’t eat sweets because her bottom was too big. Everyone told her she was crazy.”

Making good food choices, less whining, and more reading time, are all perfectly good New Year’s resolutions, and checking out “Monsters Eat Whiny Children” is a great way of starting out the year with lots of laughter.

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-JW-