Review: The Monster Storm

The Monster Storm

Written by Jeanne Willis

Illustrated by Susan Varley

Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
ISBN: 0 09 920822 9

Summary/Back cover:
Dennis, the not-very-scary monster stars in his second, deliciously funny, rhyming story. He might be TERRIFIED of THUNDER and PETRIFIED of LIGHTNING but trust Dennis to have a SMASHING time cooking up a STORM of his very own...

Review:
A fantastically funny, rhyming book starring Dennis, a gorgeous wee monster. He isn't a scary monster; he gives up his seat for his elderly aunt, hold's his mum's tail crossing the road and shares his sweets and toys with his small sister Dorothy. When a storm appears, scaring him enough to fall off his bike, he decides he is going to frighten away the storm himself. He goes up Rabbit Hole hill and makes "enough noise to awaken the dead". But deep in the burrow, a small rabbit is crying to his mother, scared of the noise. His mother assures him that it is only a thunderstorm and not a monster attacking a pan, and takes him up top to show him - with the last page being a textless picture of two shocked bunnies looking at Dennis with a pot stuck on his head.

This is big favourite in our household as the last page never fails to make us laugh. Dennis is adorable, as are the little rabbits and they rhyming text makes it a nice flowing book to read.

4/5

Review written by QTCass