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If You're a Monster and You Know It

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If You're a Monster and You Know It Hardcover – Picture Book, September 1, 2010

by Rebecca Emberley (Author), Ed Emberley (Author, Illustrator)

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A brand-new monster twist on a classic song by Caldecott Medalist Ed Emberley and his daughter, Rebecca Emberley.

Children will stomp their paws, twitch their tails, snort and growl, and wiggle and wriggle along with this bright and bold picture book twist on "If You're Happy and You Know It." Rebecca Emberley has written a rollicking text, which she has illustrated in collaboration with her father, Caldecott Medalist Ed Emberley. Includes a fun sing-along song by Adrienne Emberley which can be downloaded at www.scholstic.com/ifyouramonsterandyouknowit

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PreS-Gr 1–Children will love this book. Set to the familiar tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It," this rendition has a downloadable CD, performed by Adrian Emberley, on the publisher's website. The exceptionally bright, digitally created monsters are set against a black background, which makes them almost 3-D in appearance. Each verse appears in an easy-to-read font and in a variety of colors that show up clearly on the dark page. The Emberleys have a knack for creating wonderfully creepy creatures. Though wacky, some with four eyes, pointy teeth, and sharp claws, they are not too scary for even the youngest child. Kids will be only too willing to pretend to be monsters and follow along to "snort and growl," "twitch your tail," and "wriggle your warts," as instructed, in order to prove their monsterness. The last page states, "Now, do it again...," and that will be no problem.Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
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On the tail of their similarly themed title, There Was an Old Monster (2009), the Emberleys return with another monstrous version of a classic rhyme. Their take on this participatory kindergarten staple maintains interest with repetitive stanzas (“If you’re a monster and you know it, / and you really want to show it, / if you’re a monster and you know it—smack your claws”) and frequent cues for reader behavior (“SMACK, SMACK”). Jet-black backgrounds set off neon cut-paper illustrations, the kind of patchwork beasties a kid might create. The climactic call for an encore ought to work; prepare for noise. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Daniel Kraus

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orchard Books; 1st edition (September 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0545218292
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0545218290
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 3 years, from customers
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - Kindergarten
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.5 x 11 inches

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Rebecca Emberley is the author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including a bestselling bi-lingual series. She comes from a family of artists, including her father Ed Emberley, her brother Michael Emberley, and sister in law Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, all children's book illustrators and her daughter Adrian Emberley and husband Peter Black, both singer-songwriters. Sometimes they work on projects together. With all this creative energy surrounding her, Rebecca is kept very busy. When not creating more books for children she also does some graphic design, dabbles in everything from silk screening to music production, travels, and looks for opportunities to work with her family. She currently lives in Maine with her husband, but will soon be traveling for a while, observing, writing and looking for new and exciting ideas.
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Renee Davidson

Clever and fun

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2016

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My kids, boys almost 3 and 5, like anything of "If you're <fill in the blank> and you know it". We also have "If You're a Robot and You Know It," which is a great book too. They love to sing songs they know with different words. This book doesn't have any popups like the Robot one, but that's kind of a good thing because there's nothing to break. We rented this from the library first to try it, and it was such a huge hit that we had to buy it. Very cleverly done and really fun to make up your own movements to play as well as sing. We always have a blast with this.

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Wen from S.F.

We love this book, "WIGGLE YOUR WARTS" LOL

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014

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My 3 year old daughter loves this book and so do I. We read it and sing it before bed time and it's become a staple. We sing it in the car on the way to school in the morning and she talks about it quite a bit when we are out...clearly it was a huge hit!

The book is very colorful against a black background, such a nice change from white or pastel pages of pretty colored pictures. Two thumbs up!

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Sarah D. Leavitt

my kids LOVE this book

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017

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Oh my goodness, my kids LOVE this book. They ask for the "Dancing Monster" book each night before bed. I originally planned for it to be for my 3 yr old but my 8yr old and 5 yr old love it too!! The book has great pictures, is great quality and a must read for any monster lover!!

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Melissa L.

A pairing you can't miss...

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014

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Saw this wonderful book, read the description and couldn't resist. I haven't actually laid hands on it because I sent it straight to the sweet 3yo boy I used to sit for. Not big on electronic toys but also wanted to send a little more than this beautiful book. Perfect pairing, Monster Feet!: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E6IQP0/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If Amazon could recommend pairings like these...they'd really have something :)

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Laura L.

I actually love the book

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2017

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I actually love the book, but I reduced it to four stars only "like" it but it could be even lower due to the fact that it came with all the ends of the pages sealed together so that you couldn't turn the pages. I had to cut them apart. That would have been okay but upon the first reading a page fell out and it appears that the hardcover binding is bad as well! Really at the first opening to read it- a whole page from the middle falls out! It was purchased for a kindergarten classroom. Now it will have to be a teacher read aloud as it needs to be handled with great care so it will stay in one piece. The story is fun and engaging and I think my students will love it. I was planning on using it on the first full week of school so I do not want to send it back! I have lessons planned around monsters and will need it within a few days time. My other books purchased about monsters were all fine and they were both hardcover and paperback books. Clearly this is a publisher problem and not the fault of Amazon.

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Latonya

Great Book!

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2016

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My son LOVES this book. We have had it for almost a year and it is still one of his favorites for us to read together. There is also a song that goes along with this book that he loves to listen. It can be downloaded on your phone or computer.

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April Bonner

It is fun to be a monster

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2013

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The Scholastic website has a download available of the song that goes along withthe book (to the tune of if you're happy and you know it). Fun book with fantastic illustrations. Warning: The song will be stuck in your head for days. Pre school kids enjoyed this interactive book a lot.

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marilyn

Gift for great nephew and nieces

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2015

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Gift for great nephew and nieces. I have sent the Emberley books before and they love them. Ages are 6 almost 5 and 2 1/2. They give it a great review.

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