Monster
Chef by Nick Bland (Scholastic Press)
HB RRP $24.99
ISBN 978-1-74283-825-0
Reviewed by Jenny
Heslop
Marcel is a monster. It is his job to scare all the neighbourhood
children. And although he tries very hard, he is just not very good at his job.
To unwind after work he cooks and this is his real passion. Who knew this love
of cooking could help with his night job.
Kids will love this light-hearted and fun rhyming story about Marcel. They
will giggle at his attempts at giving kids a fright and delight in the
grossness of what this monster cooks up in his kitchen.
He made earthworm spaghetti and hot cactus
pies,
with smelly-sock soup and a
cockroach surprise.
The illustrations are bright, bold and suitably icky, starting from
the front cover where a huge green monster – Marcel – eats worms with lashings
of slime from his lunchbox while a snail escapes, making his way over Marcel’s
big toe.
This story has a fabulous twist in the ending and is perfect for
preschool kids who delight in the gruesome and (not so) scary.
Nick Bland is the author of well known and popular Very Cranky Bear stories as well as King Pig, which was shortlisted this
year for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year.
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