The fantasy book I have chosen is called, "Monsters, Mind Your Manners!" This children's picture book is written by Elizabeth Spurr and Illustrated by Simon Scales.
This fantasy book is based on monsters (obviously). Most of the time, people think of monsters as big, ugly, and mean. However, in this book, the monsters are actually colorful and goofy where they invade people's homes and schools in the neighborhood. These monsters are rude, disgusting, and crazy! At the end, monsters realize that they have missed the best part of bedtime...where the books are read. As the book is being finished, the monsters are put away.
Monsters, Mind Your Manners! describes unrealistic monsters who can speak and perform physical tasks. The pictures are comic-like which made it enjoyable for me to go through.
After further review of this book, there are no elements as far as social justice. The reason behind this is because this fantasy book is based on the monsters' perspective and what they did during their time "alive." As we all know, monsters do not exist so therefore, we are unable to apply this to social justice. Good book nonetheless!
Yes I loved reading this book because of how cute it was as I can imagine the children would love to read this book! That also can apply to manners to teach children about manners using this book as they would enjoy and to learn at the same time. I think it is a wonderful use of book especially when it comes to teaching about manners.
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ReplyDeleteThis post makes me want to read the book! sounds like such a cute story. I agree too it's difficult to find elements of social justice in the story because it is a fantasy where monsters do not exist. I do agree that it may be a good book when teaching manners. Great post i enjoyed it :)
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