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Welcome to Monster Town

by Ryan Heshka
32p. 978-0-80508-873-1.
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PreS-K Heshka seems to have spent all of his creative energy on the color-saturated, full-bleed renderings of monsters going about daily tasks, to the detriment of the brief text. The book is supposed to chronicle the activities of Monster Town's citizens from dawn to dusk, but the single sentences per spread are either hokey one-liners, some of which will fly over kids' heads-"The ghost writers cover the news"-or flat, uninteresting statements. Kids, though, will likely be entertained just by browsing through the acrylic and collage images, reminiscent of cartoon styles of the 1940s and 1950s and spooky in a kid-friendly sort of way. Definitely an additional purchase.-"Alyson Low, Fayetteville Public Library, AR" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
Heshka takes readers on an entertaining tour of Monster Town, where "Ghost writers cover the news," "Vampire bats work at the blood bank," King Kong builds skyscrapers, and Professor Igor teaches at Ghoul School. Bold-hued acrylic and collage illustrations incorporate enough humor to tame each ghoulish scene.

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