This was a very cute book, and funny!!! I read it with my six year old, and he LOVED every bit of it. The scene with the monster off in the bathroom was my favorite part and his favorite part was the monster trying to make him eat the food! I have no notes, I can see families making all the noises together. XD

Quote from my son: “I really really really really really really loved this story, and I loved reading it with my mom!”

This was an enjoyable read with adorable illustrations. Quite funny and I think everyone reading this will have a fun time, not just children.

A cute interactive children’s book about a monster who is eating a monster sandwich. He loves to eat gross stuff and thinks normal kid food is gross.

I would like to thank Happy Yak Publishing, Guilherme Karsten, and NetGalley for allowing me (and my daughter) to preview this book before its publication date of January 21, 2025.

OMGoodness this was such a cute book! It is interactive and my daughter (6) had such a fun time telling the monster that she would NOT like more earwax on her sandwich and that she does, in fact, like chocolate. And the illustrations showing the monster having an upset stomach (with much passing gas!) made her laugh. When I asked her what she liked best, she said that she liked when the monster told her "no, no, NO!" to her food choices, as well as all the "farting pictures."

I think this book might be too young for some children who don't yet appreciate fart jokes, but it was a hit with mine.

A very silly book that definitely has my kids laughing out loud. The monster interacts with the reader and the art is well done.

I received a copy of this eBook from netGalley for a honest review.

What a cute story for kids who love monsters and gross foods (whatever you find gross)

The illustrations are fun, and the story is very silly and I think kids will love it. Parents will mostly enjoy it too, but some may not enjoy the addition of bathroom humor. But regardless I thought it was a great book that I would have enjoyed reading to my kids when they were little.

This was a unique and quirky story that I have no doubt little ones will love and laugh out loud at!

This was hilarious - a hungry monster creates the perfect lunchtime snack to share with the monster reader and I can just imagine kids who are reading this, giggling their heads off at the monsters creation and its ingredients and disagreeing in a comedic way with what the monster is making.

I even let out a couple of laughs and that last page got me good!

Thank-you Quarto Publishing Group, Guilherme Karsten and NetGalley for this Digital Advanced Readers Copy, in exchange for an honest review.

Reverse Psychology 101. Here, the creator uses his series of picture books about monsters, featuring monsters, addressing us the junior monsters in the reading audience, to discuss diet. The monster we're seeing on the pages has a wonderful recipe for a sandwich, he says, featuring copious earwax, snot, and various articles of used footwear. But when we tell him we're more a fan of human foodstuffs like "cookies, fruit, chocolate, pasta" and less of the onion juice – why, he finds us monstrous. He does kowtow to our wishes and adds a strawberry – but that's where the problems really begin…

This is, as I say, a way to show routine human food the ideal choice, without hectoring about healthy goodies only. It's also a fun enough book, that will never once appear to be a dietary lesson, which means that the series which just started as a meta whimsy of a monster on the page talking to us monsters reading the book (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4972363330), and then went on to consider the lullaby (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5969602575), has gone from daftness to actual purpose and use. And still remained monstrously good fun. A strong four stars.

I really liked this adorable children's book! It is a great addition to the "Are you a Monster" picture book series. I thought the illustrations were colorful, detailed, and child friendly. The monster is so cute! I think children would really love this story, especially since it is interactive and written in second person point of view. This would be a book I would use in my classroom to help teach point of view. Second person is hard to find. The story includes some "gross" concepts like yucky food and farts (both things kids love). Overall I really thought this book would be a great addition to my classroom and home and would recommend it!

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I am grateful to Guilherme Karsten, Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, Happy Yak, and Netgalley for the Digital Reader Copy I received. Here follows my review of the title.

The book is aimed at young children and pokes fun at junk food. Kids will love it and appreciate the ‘fart’ humor that normally draws fits of giggles. As a parent, reading about the revolting monster snack versus junk food was not a message I want to send my children. Nor did I appreciate the only healthy addition was a strawberry, which was the perceived cause of flatulence.

I can imagine a nursery teacher or librarian reading this to a group of children for a laugh, but it is not a title I would buy or personally recommend. It can be tough enough getting children to eat well, without this book subliminally condoning eating cookies and chocolate. Ok, so fruit and pasta were also mentioned, but the point is, the food was poked fun at. The book just didn’t float my boat.

Absolutely hilarious. My 4 and 6 years olds loved this one, I’ll be sure to buy a physical copy once it’s released. Kids will find this so funny, I also love how interactive it is. Would be great to read in the classroom as well.

This book is extremely silly and gave me and my kids the giggles! They loved this silly monster book and would love to read it again and again.

This book is so darn cute. Who doesn't love a hungry monster? This monster has a cookbook quite different from what ordinary kids eat - he is a monster, after all. Every page brought a smile to my face. This book would be great for home or the classroom.

Thank you so much to Happy Yak/ Quarto Publishing Group/ Frances Lincoln and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Monster is hungry and is making himself a sandwich but he thinks the reader is a monster and wants to eat it too, but the reader doesn’t like his sandwich. This was so gross and so hilarious but so very amusing to read.

I really loved how interactive it was, children reading along will be both engrossed and grossed out by reading it. It’s so very funny and keeps you gripped on what will happen, you’ll laugh out loud so many times reading it.

The illustrations are perfect with this story and are an integral part of the reading experience. This is honestly such a perfect whimsical read and children are going to just love it.

A funny and friendly monster is making some yummy (to him only) food and engages the reader in questions of offers of tastes. Similar to the Piggie and Gerald book I Really Like Slop. The monster food gives the main character some, um, indigestion in the end.

Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books for the eARC of this funny picture book!

I love how I laugh while reading it and keep saying NO every time the monster offers his food. The ending is great, too! And don't forget about the illustration—it's awesome! I believe that not only children will enjoy this book, but adults will, too.

This book was brilliant and super fun!

The story was well written, it was easy to follow and understand and there were a lot of yuk moments when the Hungry Monster was making his snack recipe - it is certainly one that we won't be trying!

The illustrations in the book were great and they really helped to bring the story to life.
It has some really lovely images and it is a fun and engaging read too!

It 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!

So cute me and my son read this and he loved it. He loves monsters and loved the pictures as well. The picture were so well done and this was so colorful and engaging.