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    The Monster Who Lost His Mean

    By Tiffany Strelitz Haber and Kirstie Edmunds

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    Everyone knows that the M in "monster" stands for MEAN. But what happens when a monster can't be mean any more? Is he still a monster at all?
    One young monster's attempts to live up to his name go hilariously awry as he discovers—with a little help from new friends—that it's not what you're called but who you are that counts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 17, 2012
    ISBN9781466816817
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    The Monster Who Lost His Mean
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    Tiffany Strelitz Haber

    Tiffany Strelitz Haber has eaten fried bugs, jumped out of airplanes and lives for adventures. She grew up in NYC, but is now located in central NJ with her incredible husband and their two hilarious and amazing little boys. She is the author of The Monster Who Lost His Mean.

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    • 4/5
      A monster loses his M, making him an Onster. The other monsters make fun of him so he goes and makes friends with humans. He plays with them and helps them with their chores, but he knows the other monsters are still making fun of him and it makes him sad. The monster eventually realizes that he is happier with all of his friends.

      Bright, colorful and funny illustrations describing the Onsters activity. This is a very visual reading book, so it would be better for a one one one I think. A story time would have the kids too far away which is a shame cause it's a great story.
    • 4/5
      I had mixed feelings about this book after reading it. The main message of “The Monster Who Lost His Mean” is that doing the right thing is not always the popular thing to do. Eventually, you will find true friendships, rather than pretending to be something you are not. The message of the book is what I enjoyed most. I feel that it is an essential and important value for children to know. I also delighted in the illustrations of the book. Although the characters are monsters, they are cute and approachable. The pictures in the story helps readers see what kind of bullying the main character goes through and the emotions involved. Images such as the other monsters pointing and angrily looking at the main character are shown with the text, “So now he's just The Onster and the teasing never ends.” During those parts of the book, the main character clearly depicts a distressed face. As the story progresses towards the end where the main character comes to self-acceptance, the happiness on his face is shown. There is also a great writing pattern going on between what the Onster wants to do to be a true monster, but on the next page he ends up doing a nice deed. One example of this is when the text says, “The Onster thinks, I'll throw some eggs at Mr. Lander's van.” Then, on the next page the book says, “But winds up cooking brunch for the entire Lander clan.” There was a part of me that did not like the conclusion of the book. I hoped that the other monsters would come to realize that they were being bullies, accepted the main character, and became kind as well. However, the book ends with the bullies not changing.
    • 5/5
      I liked this book for three reasons. First, the illustrations were very simple, yet very effective. The pictures were not overwhelming and easy for the reader to see. Also, without the words, the illustrations were still able to tell the story. This is pretty important since the younger audience wouldn't be able to read the words.Second, I liked the writing style the author used throughout the book. The whole story is written using rhymes, which helps the fluency of the sentences. Also, the author uses onomatopoeias, like "boom, crunch, and sigh." The reading becomes more enjoyable to read by using this type of figurative language.Third, I liked how the characters were portrayed. Although monsters are not real, the characteristics and personalities they had were very believable and what Onster went through was relatable. In the book, the reader can see that Onster was sad and crying because the other monsters were making fun of him. Even if a child has not experienced teasing or bullying, it is a familiar topic. I believe that the purpose of this book was to inform children what bullying is and that it can really hurt people. This is in the perspective of the victim, Onster, so the reader can clearly see that. Also, it shows that if there are friends like the other monsters, then they are not worth being friends with because better ones are to come in the future.
    • 4/5
      This book is about a monster who started off being a mean monster just like all his friends. One day he lost his "M", the mean part of being a monster and became a nice monster, getting teased by all the other monsters. He tried to find his M by pretending to be mean and searching all over for the "M." Eventually the "Onster" decides just to be nice. He becomes friends with many human children who really like him. The Onster realized that even though he is not mean anymore, he has something better which is true friends who like him for who he is.I think this book would be a great book to use in a classroom when talking about feelings and friendship. The book has a lot about mean, teasing, losing friends and then changes to new friends, making each other happy.
    • 5/5
      This book is about being true to yourself even when others make fun of you. In the story a young monster loses the M in his name, the M stands for mean. Since he has lost his mean the other monsters star calling him Onster and start teasing him. Although others make fun of him he is still a kind hearted monster and ends up helping others. At one point he tries to be mean and get his M back, but he just can't do it. However, his new friends like him for who he is and his niceness. images and lots of white space to show just how isolated the monster who becomes an Onster is.
    • 3/5
      monster ... turns into an onster when he loses his M. And likes the new onster.
    • 5/5
      When a monster losing his mean he becomes just an onster. But this onster finds out it's not so bad being nice because you have friends!