Small, saucy Martha is not a child to put in pink. She wears
black-and-white, highly graphic dresses, including one long-sleeved
number with a bull's-eye on the belly. She has mastered the
management of her boring goldfish, somnolent cat, and clueless dog,
and she opines that it is high time to acquire a large, ugly
monster. Forthwith, she marches out with her piggy-bank. The
nearest pet shop stocks only small monsters, but one green fellow
has an pleasingly awful grin. It's a done deal: "Keep the pig,"
Martha says as she exits with her purchase. Martha knows that the
monster eats only wood, but she doesn't know that twigs will be
followed by branches, planks from the dog's dismantled kennel, her
bed legs, and her bottom drawer. As the monster grows, so does its
appetite, until the only place left to put it is in the wardrobe -
which it promptly eats. Enough is enough for Martha, but the pet
shop man offers only exchanges; against his advice, Martha selects
an egg with green and purple splotches. As the original monster
gets pushed out the back door, readers will delight in the dreadful
possibilities inherent in this twist. It's a romp of a tale to read
aloud, with a tongue-in-cheek text; the vigorous pictures more than
support and extend this illustrious excursion into the consequences
of pet ownership. (Kirkus Reviews)
Martha is bored with her dog, cat and goldfish. So off she goes to
the pet shop to buy a monster. But the monster she chooses has an
appetite unequaled in children's literature. He soon proves to be
rather a handful as he eats his way through all the wood in
Martha's house leaving her knickers draw-less and her bed leg-less!
In a bid to rid herself of this fearsome green pest she takes him
back to the pet shop where she is told that she can't have her
money back. It is exchange only - and Martha looks set to do it
again by choosing a very unusual egg!
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