The Monster's Valentine Ball

PreS-Gr 3—Grab your dancing shoes and join the monsters at their Valentine Ball, and dance to boogie woogie, jazz, rock, ragtime, conga, and Hawaiian style music (several in a spooky minor key). Listen to those terrific monster singers and musicians playing on guitars, ukuleles, saxophones, flutes, pianos, drums, and percussion. Listen to the monsters introducing the songs or just conversing among themselves, and get down with Wolfman, the DJ. Dig the various Spike Jones-style sound effects throughout this third album by the Parents Choice Silver award-winning team of Paula Purnell and Bruce Adamson. And boogie to the sounds of "The Monster's Valentine Ball" (with an "Erie Canal" motif), "The Valentine Boogie," "Monster Love" (a monster who has a crush on a shy librarian), "Something in His Growl," "Cupid Is Stupid," "Cooties," "Frankenstein," "You're Such a Pretty Baby," "Never Break a Monster's Heart," and "Hootchie Coochie Honey/Hootchie Coochie Conga" (complete with a chanted poem). And when the ball is over, join the monsters in wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Featuring outstanding vocal and instrumental performances, this humorous album will have monstrous appeal for young listeners.—Beverly Wrigglesworth, San Antonio Public Library, TX