Title: Hungry Monsters: A Pop- Up Book Of Colors
Author: Matt Mitter
Illustrator: Jo Brown
Publisher: Reader's Digest Year Published: 2008
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Toy Books (Pop- Up Book)
Reading Level: Assisted Reader/ Self-Reader
Reading Interest Level: Pre-School/ Elementary
Topics: Teaching Colors
Summary: What do hungry monsters eat? It all depends on where they are. In this laugh-out-loud, colorful pop-up board book, monsters under the bed eat things like red underwear, those in the bathroom enjoy bath soap and yellow duckies, and attic monsters just love old books and umbrellas. Kids will have a ball reading the silly rhymes and opening the monsters’ mouth to find a surprise pop-up of what’s inside. What’s more, Hungry Monsters also focuses on teaching children the early learning skill of recognizing colors.
Extension Activity: Since this book deals mainly with teaching colors and is obviously aimed at the younger children, I would have the kids continue working with colors with exercises that have the kids identify colors and classifying them in the primary color category or not.
