This is one of those books I feel guilty about reviewing-I fished it out of the remainder bin at Book Warehouse and it doesn’t seem to be on sale through Amazon.com .  It’s not a particularly unique book-there are probably hundreds of Monster Bestiaries and Field Guides, any of which could be used as the basis for a great language art lesson.

However, Raising Your Own Pet Monster is a charming book.  The faux craft paper pages and hand-pained Monsters give the entire book a warm, approachable feel.  The text deftly combines the ridiculous, gross-humor aspects of pet monsters with a charming, straightforward lesson about how we need to be responsible and loving towards our pets.

There are other books like this-but I like this one.  My copy got nice and dog-eared over my practicum.

Grade Level: ~3

Rating:  ★★★1/2