Essay - Literature the Children's Anthology Entitled Monster Poems is Written by...

Literature

***** children's anthology entitled Monster Poems is written by various children's, edited ***** Da*****y Wallace and illustrated by Kay Chorao. The ***** has collected poems by various authors, all being on the shared subject of m*****sters. ***** book is targeted at young children. The book's strengths are the use of a v*****riety of enticing and imaginative pomes that ***** come to life with the lively and detailed illustrations that accompany each. Although the topic is monsters, a subject that one would assume is to be scary, in reality this collection is filled with humor, mak*****g it both delightfully scary and yet wickedly funny. Thus, ***** end result ***** ***** it suits young ***** perfectly.

***** ***** ***** ***** collection span the sphere of bizarre and *****. In one, you can learn how to detect monster activity, while in ***** next the reader ***** an opportunity ***** dine ***** "The ***** that Ate the Universe." One of ***** *****st is "Monster Crazy," which teaches you why everyone has gone crazy for monsters.

The poems appeal to children mainly beca***** of their humorous use ***** imagery and language, in such a way that the child read*****g the poem is easily able ***** create a mental picture of ***** absurd characters or action ***** the poem. F***** example, in the ***** "I Wonder Why," ***** poet states, "I wonder ***** so many people from at me. I often wonder why. But I don't mind. I just smile back, and wink my middle eye."

***** use of starting with a normal situation and question ***** then suddenly changing it by throwing in a line about "*****ing a middle eye" c*****ptures the essence ***** many of this anthology's poems. At first ***** ***** is presented ***** a ********** image ***** an ordinary site, such as a person wondering why people ***** looking at them. But then, with a line ***** *****s "I just wink my middle eye," the reader ***** suddenly forced to alter *****ir ***** mental image. The result is the sudden creation of an absurdly funny image that, instead of being scary or grotesque, is *****, ***** and, most importantly, enjoyable.

***** anthology accomplishes its goal of entertaining children because it takes a popular subject that children are enthralled with, even if timidly, and turns it upside down. Instead of seeing ***** as scary nightmares, ***** reader sees monsters through a new perspective, as fumbling, klutzy and funny characters. This is similar to the approach to this same subject taken by ***** ***** animated film, Monsters, Inc.. Like the poems in this anthology, the monsters in *****, Inc. are the exact oppos*****e ***** what *****ir name implies them to be. In other words, instead of being scary and frightening, the monsters in both the book and movie are ***** ***** thus appealing to children.

For these re*****ons, the ***** poetry anthology entitled Monster Poems is an excellent book for ***** ***** it helps *****m get over their fear of monsters by making