Birthday Monsters!

New York Times Book Review, 3/13/94
The birthday child looks very much like a hippopotamus. Her friends, the birthday monsters, arrive just after dawn, bring presents, make a wonderful mess and clean it up. Part of an appealing new board-book series.


Book Description
You hear your door come crashing downóthose birthday monsters are in town! And they-re going to wreak havoc in the most extraordinarily rude ways. What fun! From Boynton on Board, the 2.6-million-copy-bestselling series of extra-big, extra-fat, and extra-fun board books, here is BIRTHDAY MONSTERS, with over 290,000 copies in print. Featuring Sandra Boynton-s lively rhyming text and inimitable illustrations, this story about a madcap crew of lovable party crashers will appeal to kids and adults alike. Main selection of the Children-s Book-of-the-Month Club.


Card catalog description
Birthday monsters come to wreak havoc in extraordinarily rude ways. On board pages with a die-cut cover.


From the Publisher
The Boynton Board books are compact treasures just right for little kids. Each book is replete with full-color drawings and comes with a die-cut cover. Also in the series are: ONE, TWO, THREE!, a rhyming number primer presented by all sorts of animals; BARNYARD DANCE!, a sing-along book set on the farm; and OH MY OH MY OH DINOSAURS!, where dinosaurs present kids with an easy way to learn all about opposites.


About the Author
Sandra Boynton is an illustrator and author. In addition to A is for Angry and her other children's books, she's written the national bestseller Chocolate: The Consuming Passion. She and her family live in Connecticut.


Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
You-re not awake. It-s 6 o-clock. You hear a ring. You hear KNOCK KNOCK. You hear the door come crashing downó THE BIRTHDAY MONSTERS ARE IN TOWN. Five Birthday Monsters barge right in and yell ?IT-S MORNING! LET-S BEGIN!O


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The birthday child looks very much like a hippopotamus. Her friends, the birthday monsters, arrive just after dawn, bring presents, make a wonderful mess and clean it up. Part of an appealing new board-book series. --New York Times Book Review, 3/13/94


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