THE STINKY FEET MONSTER
From the Frank and Bean series
by Jamie Michalak ; illustrated by Bob Kolar
The delightful oddball duo are back for another adventure, this time hunting down a monster.
The Stinky Feet Monster is said to live in a cave, have incredibly stinky feet (“Just one smell of its feet and you’ll fall over”) that shake the ground when it walks, and say only “ME WANT TO EAT YOU!” While Frank, a hot dog dressed for outdoor exploration and monster hunting, firmly believes in the existence of the Stinky Feet Monster, Bean, a kidney bean who styles himself more like a member of Abba, with funky “rock star boots,” a top hat with a purple lightning bolt on it, sunglasses, and a drum around his neck, is a nonbeliever…though his feelings gradually change as the duo search for the monster’s cave, gain a new friend, and ultimately discover, à la The Monster at the End of This Book, the Stinky Feet Monster. Throughout, Michalak keeps the sentence length and vocabulary within reach of those just tackling longer texts, with repetitive words and sentence structures and short chapters giving them further support. Kolar’s digital illustrations are a great balance of simple but relevant (and hysterical) details and the unmistakable emotions of the characters.
This droll twosome is sure to have kids in stitches.
(Early reader. 5-8)