Me, My Brother And The Monster Meltdown
By Rob Lloyd Jones
Illustrated by Alex Patrick
Review:
I wanted to read this book as soon as I heard the title and saw the cover. It just seemed like such fun and let’s face it who doesn’t need something fun in their lives.
I was not disappointed - the book is full of chaos, monsters, children who save the day and jokes that are pitched just right to make the grown ups reading along chuckle.
I loved that the story is the creation of the authors own young children. I can only imagine the fun that this brought during the stresses of lockdown homeschooling.
A perfect book for lower KS2 children. The font is large and well spaced to make reading easier. The illustrations that fit throughout the book break up the text and bring the story to life with great detail.
A book to make you laugh and ideal to engage readers of all levels.
Blurb:
All the adults are freaking out. Giant monsters are smashing up supermarkets across the country. The army can’t stop them and the prime minister is hiding in panic. A colossal six-headed gingerbread man, a massive emoji poo, a gigantic bouncing bum… Top scientists have no idea where they come from – or why they seem to hate supermarkets so much. But nine-year-old Otis has an idea. The creatures are exactly the same as drawings by his five-year-old brother, Jago: what if Jago brought his crazy creations to life with a magic pen? But their parents won’t listen, so it’s up to Otis and his pals to sort this monster mess out!
Author Information:
Rob Lloyd Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed middle-grade novels Wild Boy and Wild Boy and the Black Terror, as well as the Jake Atlas adventure series.
Created with his sons, Otis (9) and Jago (5), during home-schooling, Me, My Brother and the Monster Meltdown is his first funny fiction for younger readers. In Rob’s words, “it celebrates the power of children’s imaginations and their strength in adversity and adventure…and a monster apocalypse.”
Rob lives in East Sussex with his wife, and monster-mad Otis and Jago.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLloydJones
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