Why did the monster cross the road?

Title:

Author:

Summary:

Why did the monster cross the road? Hunny is little and Funny is big. And they are monster best friends! So when Hunny is feeling sad, Funny knows the perfect thing to cheer his friend up... jokes! -- adapted from jacket

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Humorous fiction.

Subject Term:

Practical jokes -- Juvenile fiction.

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Brown, Marc Tolon,

Publisher:

Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781338815252

Publication Information:

New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2023.

Call Number:

P STINE

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Summary

From beloved, bestselling children's book icons, R.L. Stine and Marc Brown, comes a storybook filled with hilariously spooky jokes and fun-loving monsters that will have everyone giggling!

Why did the monster cross the road?

To BITE someone on the other side!

Turn scary to silly with this laugh-out-loud joke book. Hunny and Funny are monster best friends. When Hunny is feeling sad, Funny knows exactly how to cheer up his friend... with laughter!

Renowned bestselling children's book talents R.L. Stine, creator of the Goosebumps series, and Marc Brown, creator of the Arthur Adventure series, join forces once again in this sweet, fun-filled story that not only teaches readers hilarious jokes to share but also reminds children that laughter is the best medicine when you're feeling down. With Stine's humorous text and Brown's bold artwork, this monster-themed picture book is sure to get the monsters and furry creatures giggling all night!

Author Notes

Marc Brown is the beloved creator of the bestselling Arthur Adventure book series and creative producer of PBS's Peabody and Emmy award-winning television series Arthur , now the longest-running children's animated show in history. He also has illustrated many other books for children, including the New York Times bestseller Wild About Books , as well as The Little Shop of Monsters and Mary McScary , both written by R.L. Stine. For more information, visit marcbrownstudios.com.

R.L. Stine is the creator of the bestselling Goosebumps series, which has more than 400 million copies in print worldwide and celebrated 25 years in 2017. Goosebumps is one of the bestselling children's series of all-time and inspired a popular television show, as well as a feature film starring Jack Black that opened at #1 at the box office. His other popular children's books include the series Fear Street, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Rotten School, and his picture books, with Marc Brown, The Little Shop of Monsters and Mary McScary . R.L. Stine lives in New York City. You can connect with him on Twitter at @RL_Stine or Facebook: facebook.com/rlstine. For more information, visit rlstine.com and scholastic.com/goosebumps.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In the setup to this jokey picture book, two monsters sit on a tree branch overhanging water. The smaller monster, Hunny, a fluffy horned creature with a red handbag, is feeling "sad and grumpy." So the bigger monster, Funny, who sports gator-like eyes and an orange vest, launches into a barrage of jokes, each one enacted in a vignette ("Why did the monster take out one hundred books from the library? Because he wanted to eat them at home!"). It isn't until the self-appointed comedian accidentally falls off the branch and into the drink--a scene rendered in splattery, bubbly blues--that Hunny's gloom disappears. "NOW, THAT'S FUNNY!" the little monster declares, and Funny good-heartedly agrees: mission accomplished. The jokes, as channeled through Stine (the Goosebumps series), are more chestnuts than rib-ticklers, but they're almost beside the point. Brown (the Arthur series) turns the story into a visual feast of dimensional, collage-like shapes and textures (plaids, striations, mottling, streaks), and there's something deeply relatable about Funny's relentless snaggletooth delivery and insistence that the best is yet to come ("Hold on to your belly. You'll be laughing so hard"). After all, who hasn't thought at one time or another that they're a monster comic talent? Ages 4--8. (July)