Special Christmas Giveaway on November 17,2015 - Two Monster Books!

I have always loved books, so I'm very happy to see how much my grandsons enjoy books as well! When I was recently invited by Sterling Publishing to review some new "monster" books they are releasing, I knew my grandsons would enjoy the stories, so I said I'd be happy to take a look at them. 

Today I'm sharing my review of two of the books with you - and announcing a special giveaway for both books!

Monster Trouble!
Author - Lane Fredrickson 
Illustrator - Michael Robertson
Publisher - Sterling Children's Books
Ages - 4-8

Mind Your Monsters
Author - Catherine Bailey
Illustrator - Oriol Vidal
Publisher - Sterling Children's Books
Ages - 4-8

Favorite Features -

• Two fun "monster" stories children will enjoy!
• Monster Trouble! is a fun story about a girl who has a "monster" problem to solve! Children will love how she solves her, "Monster Trouble"!
• Encourages reading, problem solving and fun!
• Colorful and interesting illustrations.
• Mind Your Monsters is a fun book which reminds children to mind their manners and shows how important good manners are!
• Encourages conversations about manners.
• Great illustrations!

Sterling Children's Books says; "Nothing frightens Winifred Schnitzel—but she DOES need her sleep, and the neighborhood monsters WON'T let her be! Every night they sneak in, growling and belching and making a ruckus. Winifred constructs clever traps, but nothing stops these crafty creatures. What's a girl to do? (Hint: Monsters HATE kisses!) The delightfully sweet ending will have every kid—and little monster—begging for an encore." and "Vampires and werewolves and zombies—oh my! It's a monster invasion, and the stinky-smelling creatures are destroying Wally's peaceful little town. They scare the children, knock over the lampposts, and make a mess of everything. And no one can stop them—until, fed up, Wally says . . . the magic word, 'PLEASE.' Learning good manners has never been as monstrously fun!"

I found both of these stories to be unique, fun and a great opportunity to talk with children about important things like being afraid, solving problems and manners! I'm very happy to say not only did Sterling Children's Books send these books for me to review, but they are making an additional copy of each available for me to give away (USA only)! If you live in the USA, are over the age of 18 and would like to be included in this giveaway, which will be on November 17, 2015, please comment below to tell me if you were to make up a monster, what it would look like and what its name would be - my monster would be ginormous, humongous, have lots of bushy hair . . . blue with orange and red spots, three eyes and a big smile, because it would have to be friendly! It would probably be named, George - my grandsons name all creatures in our stories, "George"!

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