I am always ready for a new Quarto kids book! The illustrators and authors seem to be a hit every single time. The thing that drew me to this title immediately was the book cover, I quickly judged it as something that my kids would love to read. It feels silly, modern, and bright. Inside, I found illustrations bursting off all edges of the page, describing what monsters do when headed to school. The book doesn't follow a solid narrative, which is a fun option in kids books. Bold colors and shapes carry the story along through the school day, including recess, art class, and getting a little wild in the classroom. My kids enjoyed this silly book and so did I; it's really great for a wide range of ages.

This was such a fun, energetic book! The illustrations are so unique and I adored the idea looking for dog monster in every scene in a Where's Wally way. The story itself was simple and clear - it lends itself very well to reading aloud.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

Such an adorable little book full of silly, cute, and fun monsters going through a day of school.
My kids loved going back through the book to find all dog monsters hiding in each scene!
The colors are eye-catching, and with so much in each picture, you're noticing something new with each read through! Plus, I love the rhythm scheme in this one!
High recommend!

Monsters at School, written by Laura Baker, is a very sweet children's book! Each page has beautiful illustrations and words showing how the monsters enjoy their time at school. I think that children will enjoy reading this book, and seeing how these monsters have fun at school, just like they do! I can't wait to share this book with my own "little monsters" in the preschool room that I work at. Thank you to NetGalley and to the author and publisher of Monsters at School for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Monsters at School is a fun, rhyming children’s picture book. I loved the vibrant colours and illustration style.

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Great book! The illustrations are very vivid and busy which kids are going to love. Heck, this book could be for younger kiddos not able to read themselves and just taking time to look at all the different monsters. Fun activities could be added like: counting monsters of a certain color, how many eyes are on a certain page. I love how the author snuck in the "Dog Monster" on every single page. That's an activity for non-readers to engage in. SO much to do with this book. The rhyming is seamless and has a nice flow for read-aloud. It also shows children the "getting ready for school", "activities at school" and "leaving school" which is awesome for children preparing to enter the school system and/or daycare. This might relieve some anxiety.

absolutely adorable. filled with bright colors and lots of monsters, this is a fun way to show how monsters go to school! this would be great for kiddos in school or going to school soon to show how even monsters attend school and do a wide array of activities. the monsters all do a lot of things and the scenes are fun for kiddos to point out all the activities happening.

Monsters At School would be a great addition to any kindergarteners shelf! I loved that it highlighted all the different types of monsters at school, and showed that every kind of monster was able to have a great day and want to return again the next day. It will help kids to ease some of their back to school anxiety to see that there's a place for them in class no matter how they're feeling. There's also a fun look and find element to the book that kids are sure to love.

The illustrations of the Monsters were eye catching and interesting for my little one to look at. They could point out lots of details within the book.

I wanted to love this book but felt it was lacking substance and the pages at times became a sensory overload.

My four year old loved reading this book. He thought the monsters were so funny. Each page has so much to look at. You could read this book multiple times and still find new details! I loved seeing all of the different types of monsters! My favorite was the snug monster. My son also enjoyed the prompt at the end of the book to look for the dog. Definitely recommend this silly book for young kids!

My 3 year old and I had a lot of fun going through this book together! We loved looking at the pages over and over and finding new things each time!

This book is so cute! I read it with my daughter and she really enjoyed it. We loved the illustrations and the rhyming. Getting to the end and then finding a reason to reread it for a scavenger hunt was a great idea, it gave more use to the content and was really fun to do!

I read one of the other books in the Monsters series, and so I thought that I would read this one as well. Baker has a fun style of illustration that reminds me of Monsters Inc. meets the Mr. Men books. As with the last one I read, this was a fun book for read along or reading aloud. There is a lot happening on each page that would allow you to sit and talk through the images with your child, encouraging them to not only read but interact with the book outside the words. As with the Christmas volume, there is a relatively easy seek and find where you have to spot the monster dog on every page. He's not always front and centre which makes it a bit of a challenge, but not so much that a young reader would get frustrated.

All in all, though, a very cute and quick read. Good for bedtime and would probably be helpful for a little one who is anxious about going to school or daycare for the first time.
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Very cute kids book! I read this with my four year old, and he enjoyed the bright colors, silly pictures, and being able to practice emotion words. We liked going back to find all the dogs.