Even Monsters Need Haircuts
Matthew McElligott, Walker, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8819-1
In McElligott's delightfully deadpan story, a boy sneaks out to his father's barbershop for a full-moon session of monster haircutting. Grainy washes with simple, black outlines reflect the gentle art of barbering as the boy stands on a stool (blindfolded) to braid Medusa's snakes, as other monsters patiently await their turns. "Some customers are easy," the boy says, as he cuts a single, springy hair from a one-eyed troll. "Some are more difficult," he goes on, tackling a hairy fiend with pruning shears. With the distinctive combination of the freakish and the humdrum, it's a good candidate for the stack of battered bedtime favorites. Ages 4–8. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 07/05/2010
Genre: Children's
Board Books - 30 pages - 978-0-8027-3839-4
Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-4-19-863149-9
Library Binding - 40 pages - 978-0-8027-8822-1
Paperback - 40 pages - 978-0-8027-2801-2
Prebound-Sewn - 40 pages - 978-0-606-26135-7