Books: The Monster Story-Teller

'The Monster Story-Teller' by Jacqueline Wilson

I couldn't let a week of book recommendations go by without recommending at least one from my favourite children's author. 'The Story of Tracey Beaker' and 'Cliff Hanger' probably win hands down as the books that I've used the most in class but this is a nice quick read when working with younger children.

One morning at school, Natalie is feeling bored - until a tiny monster waves at her from a plant on the classroom window sill. The monster whizzes her off in his mini flying saucer for some MONSTER FUN. Now Natalie really has some monster stories to tell!

You can do lots of nice work on tall tales with this one and also get your students to come up with their own monsters and monster planets.

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