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Listened to it on the Julie's Library podcast - very cute!
It reminded me a bit of [b:The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend|18295821|The Adventures of Beekle The Unimaginary Friend|Dan Santat|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1424308067l/18295821._SX50_.jpg|25778595], but it's definitely its own work. But I liked the idea of everybody getting their very own monster, as well as the idea that sometimes you have to take things into your own hands. I also liked the author's note in the podcast about her intent to show that there can be more than one "right way" to do things.
It reminded me a bit of [b:The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend|18295821|The Adventures of Beekle The Unimaginary Friend|Dan Santat|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1424308067l/18295821._SX50_.jpg|25778595], but it's definitely its own work. But I liked the idea of everybody getting their very own monster, as well as the idea that sometimes you have to take things into your own hands. I also liked the author's note in the podcast about her intent to show that there can be more than one "right way" to do things.
When I got to the part where Marilyn makes herself pretty and smiles a lot so her monster will find her, I thought oh no... But it all turned out pretty delightfully in the end.
Everyone else has their monster but Marilyn. Lovely pictures and a great message that sometimes you have to stop waiting around for good things and go out and make them happen.
I feel as if someone gave the assignment to picture book authors in a workshop: "Write a story about how every kid gets a monster, but one kid doesn't get theirs right away. Make sure the eventual connection between monster and kid involves the monster sitting in a tree. Begin." And then Beekle was written by a man about an imaginary friend and his boy, and Marilyn's Monster was written by a woman about a girl and her monster...
Or maybe, 2 authors were having coffee one day and discussing what subject they should use for their next story books, and one said, "It could be about imaginary friends," and the other said, "I like how the monsters in the closets become friends with their kids in Monsters Inc.," and the first one said, "Where would the kid and the imaginary friend find each other?" and the second one said, "Look at that silly squirrel sitting in the tree! What is he waiting for?" And the two coffee drinkers looked at each other with gleams in their eyes and ran off to their writing spots to see who could publish the most awesome story with beautiful pictures first.
I don't know the actual reason both these stories are so similar and published so close to each other. I don't know if it was pure coincidence or not. I do know that both books hold their own. Both are beautifully illustrated, beautifully written, sweet stories. The points they make are slightly different. I really enjoyed both of them. And if you read them, you can't help but compare them.
Or maybe, 2 authors were having coffee one day and discussing what subject they should use for their next story books, and one said, "It could be about imaginary friends," and the other said, "I like how the monsters in the closets become friends with their kids in Monsters Inc.," and the first one said, "Where would the kid and the imaginary friend find each other?" and the second one said, "Look at that silly squirrel sitting in the tree! What is he waiting for?" And the two coffee drinkers looked at each other with gleams in their eyes and ran off to their writing spots to see who could publish the most awesome story with beautiful pictures first.
I don't know the actual reason both these stories are so similar and published so close to each other. I don't know if it was pure coincidence or not. I do know that both books hold their own. Both are beautifully illustrated, beautifully written, sweet stories. The points they make are slightly different. I really enjoyed both of them. And if you read them, you can't help but compare them.
This is an amazing story about finding your monster. I loved it.
Cute. Oddly reminiscent of "The Adventures of Beekle".
Marilyn is a smart girl, waiting patiently for her monster to find her, but eventually she is not willing to continue waiting when it doesn't show up in good time. She takes the initiative to go and look for her monster and it's a good thing she does!
This is an adorable story about wanting to fit in and having what everyone else has, while still keeping true to yourself. The art is beautiful, soft pastels and not-too-scary monsters.
This is an adorable story about wanting to fit in and having what everyone else has, while still keeping true to yourself. The art is beautiful, soft pastels and not-too-scary monsters.
This is a book I will be thinking about for a long time, not just because of how good and content it made me feel at the end, but because there's a lot of complexity in the story that I know I missed upon first reading. This is one of those picture books that I can see very clearly being discussed in a university children's lit class because not only does it appeal to kids on an aesthetic level, but it also appeals to adults on an analytic level.