Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Go Away, Big Green Monster written and illustrated by Ed Emberley. 1992. New York: Little Brown. 28 p.

Author/Illustrator Website: www.edemberley.com

Media: digital illustrations with laser cut-outs

Awards and Honors: none

Audience: Preschoolers

Annotation:
A not-too-scary monster book for young children that teaches colors and the various parts of the face.

Personal Reaction:
In Go Away, Big Green Monster, Ed Emberley employs bold, colorful illustrations and laser cut pages that reveal and conceal the various parts of the Monster's face. This is a crowd pleaser of a book, especially in read-alouds and storytimes. Both adults and children alike are entranced as they watch Big Green Monster appear and disappear shape by shape. For young children this book is a wonderful tool to discuss a fear of monsters in a gentle and non-threatening way. Children are make the monster disappear as they turn the page, and the last line ("And don't come back! Until I say so.") empowers kids to confront their apprehensions