Moin is back at my book club! More importantly, the monster is back at my book club! We've read Moin and the Monster twice, and I can't wait to read Moin 3 with a new batch of book clubbers. Here's what we'll do as we read. Caution: Do not eat while reading this book. Why do you think the blurb would say this? What kind of book is it likely to be? What other notes of caution would you add to different books and why? Comparing Characters Compare yourself to a character in the story! In what ways are you similar to the character? What makes you different? I'm looking forward to seeing what the children think of! Creating a Monster Let's create a monster together! If you see something that looks like an eye under your bed, what could it be? We'll work with rhyme, figures of speech and a wacky imagination to create … [Read more...]
Moin and the Monkey Monster
Moin is back! But more importantly, the monster is baaaaack! (It even has a song about it.) With its quirky characters (most of whom we've met before in Moin and the Monster and Moin the Monster Songster), Moin and the Monkey Monster is a hilarious read. Through its pages, we can hear the monster's terrible voice and even smell squishy, overripe bananas.What my book clubbers (and I) love about the monster is how wacky and unpredictable it is. There's frozen laughter when something horrifically funny is about to happen--like when the monster is singing, and the principal chances upon it. Even funnier is the fact that only the principal, popularly called Kooki, seems to see this pink thing. As readers, it's a joy to be inside on a secret, and that's what propels the story. We know that the monster exists and we delight in the delicious wickedness of seeing Kooki question his sanity … [Read more...]