The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street) (Big Little Golden Book)
The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street) (Big Little Golden Book)
Many, many adults name this book as their favorite Little Golden Book. Generations of kids have interacted with lovable, furry old Grover as he begs the reader not to turn the page—for fear of a monster at the end of the book. “Oh, I am so embarrassed,” he says on the last page . . . for, of course, the monster is Grover himself! This all-time favorite is now available as a Big Little Golden Book—perfect for lap-time reading.
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Riley McCarthy
Review by Riley McCarthy for The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street) (Big Little Golden Book)
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I wandered into the room of my best friend’s three-year-old son, preparing to read him a book before he went to bed. When I saw this book among the pile on his floor, I got nostalgic. Really nostalgic. My mom read me the same book when I was his age, and I love, LOVE this book.Not only does it teach you that sometimes the answer to all of your questions is right in front of you, but it does so by giving you pages of Grover, one of the most hysterical, lovable Muppets. The rattling of Grover’s nerves, and the actual building of suspense in a picture book, keep the reader turning the book’s pages — even though Grover BEGS you not to do so. The reader is actually included in the narrative, for the book involves only Grover talking to the reader. The book thus becomes involving very quickly and entertaining throughout it.Plus, the final punchline is a great payoff.If you have children, this is an absolute must. Unlike other books from children’s shows, this one’s intelligent, maintains proper values and isn’t beat-me-over-the-head annoying.
Summer Belle
Review by Summer Belle for The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street) (Big Little Golden Book)
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Grover is more than a little nervous – after all, there’s a MONSTER at the end of the book. So, he enacts all kinds of zaniness like gluing the pages together in order to keep (protect) YOU (not him!!) from the monster at the end of the book.This is the only book I remember my dad reading to me – EVER. (Probably because I asked for it a million times!!) He would act the parts out and change his voice and I would roll on the floor with laughter. When it came to Grover’s antics, my dad would pretend that the pages really *were* stuck together. He’d grunt and groan and s-l-o-w-l-y turn the pages.I read it to my kids – my children and students alike – in the same manner. And you know what? Everyone rolls on the floor giggling. Everyone has a good time.I highly recommend this one – it is a great story about the wacky ways we devise to avoid what we think we fear. BUT, it is also a great way to build memories that will last forever with your children.
Soaring Heart
Review by Soaring Heart for The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street) (Big Little Golden Book)
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Grover was my favorite Sesame Street character as a child (and still is) and for some strange reason it isn’t easy to find books on him. This one is so cute and adorable, just like “Lovable, Furry, Old Grover” himself!As the adult you open the first page and instantly know the conclusion but looking at it from a child’s viewpoint it is suspensefully entertaining. If you have a child that pushes books away alot I promise you he or she will NOT do that with THIS BOOK! I highly recommend this book up to age 100! It is simply hiliarious! (When I first read it in the store I cracked up laughing and people were looking at me and I didn’t care!) BUY THIS BOOK! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED–I PROMISE! YOU’LL PROBABLY LOVE IT MORE THAN YOUR CHILD! IT IS VERY FUN TO READ!
Anonymous
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_The Monster At The End Of This Book_ (henceforth “TMATEOTB”) is a fascinating treatise on several of the philosophical problems lurking at the core of modern and classical thought. The premise — that, with the turn of each page, the reader brings self-described “lovable, furry Grover” closer to danger at the hands of the title monster — allows one to question the very nature of free will and destiny. Is Grover doomed to encounter the monster? The conceit that it is the act of turning pages — the literal act of reading itself — that causes the ending to come about inevitably leads to the question: Would the book end differently if one _didn’t_ finish reading it? On another level, TMATEOTB addresses one of the paradoxes of contemporary physics: The equality of space and time. The “end of the book” is an event in the future, but the monster is not spoken of as “arriving”, but as _already being there_. Thus, turning pages moves the reader and Grover not only forward in time, as in most traditional literature, but also forward in space, leading to the perilous End of the Book. Lastly, TMATEOTB is about how we are ultimately at the whim of the cosmic forces that shape our lives. The hapless protagonist tries again and again to stop the reader from turning pages by erecting brick walls and nailing one page to the other. His efforts are futile, but he remains unaware of his essential helplessness in the face of a Reader. Perhaps, the book says, we are ultimately doomed to fail, trapped within the pages of cosmic irony, but unable to prevent or even perceive the inevitability of our encounter with the monster. The shocking twist ending wraps up the disparate threads of the text, presenting issues of self-knowledge, the nature of fear, and the question of what it truly means to be a monster. Perhaps the failure of our quests for safety in an uncertain world isn’t so bad, it argues, if it leads to a confrontation like the one depicted in _The Monster At The End Of This Book_.
Anonymous
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We first found this book when my nephew was born, over 18 years ago. He loved it so much we had to read it several times each time he was at our house, so we got him his own copy. We still had to read it when he came over and his parents read it to him every night(no skipping pages allowed, no matter how many times we had read it !). Both copies were completely worn out. We have been looking for more copies since then. It is surely a sign of how good this book is that it is nearly impossible to find in used book stores.