In this story, an unseen narrator is on a mission to craft the scariest monsters to frighten their family and friends. The narrator finds that everyone views their creations as adorable and silly. She begins thinking about if monsters craft scary kids and what could happen if they all start to embrace the silliness and love and explore the possibilities.

It takes a lot to get me visibly excited about a new children's book. Have an extremely voracious reader for a child has exposed me to an endless flow of kid's books. While so many are quite good and lovely, few are memorably downright delightful. <i>My Monsterpiece</i> is exactly that. Right out of the gate, it's colorful but not too loud and the story moves a quick and fun pace. My 4.5 year old had hearts in her eyes while we read it, she kept thanking me for getting it for her because she loved it so much.

The book is constructed with mixed media and that is almost always an automatic win to my heart because it makes the book appear textured, which builds a more realistic engagement between my kiddo and the story. By the end of the story, she was chomping at the bit for us to make our own "scary" arts and crafts monsters. I love that it inspired a desire for creativity in my child. We will absolutely be purchasing a physical copy to experience it. I would recommend this one for ages 3-8, it's got a little something for all the littles.

<b>My Mastercrafter Monster Loving Sidekick's Opinion:</b> "<i>EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS BOOK IS MY FAVORITE. ALL THE PAGES!! It looks like the same as Pinkalicious</i> [mixed media artwork] <i>and it is the coolest, all the monsters are so pretty. I really like the beginning pages too!</i> [the endpaper doodle designs on the inside of the covers]."

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My rating: ★★★★★
My child's rating: (✿ ♥‿♥)
<i>Thank you to NetGalley and Yeehoo Press for providing us with a free digital copy in exchange for our honest review and opinion</i>

My Monsterpiece by Amilia Hoffman is a creative and colorful visual experience with a wonderful, positive message. It's a book ripe for a read aloud, invitation to young writers and makers, and wide sharing with growing readers. Enthusiastically recommended!

This is a fun mixed-media piece that is meant to teach children... and maybe all of us... that the expectations we have about the world around us might not be as you think they are. What if the preconceived notions you have can be turned on their head?

This short, colorful, creative book tells the story of a child trying to create a scary monster but doesn't quite succeed. But the lessons learned along the way are really cute and exactly what I'd want to have on hand for my nephew.

My Monsterpiece is an abstract art book that my daughter just loved. She loved seeing the transition of the monster as the artist continued to modify and change its creation. She instantly went off and built her own monsterpiece.

The book is funny, endearing, and beautifully illustrated. I like how the story is told from a child’s pov, in the way that makes you feel like you’re actually there too, being shown all these quirky monsterpieces!

Amalia Hoffman made this amazing children's picture book that helps us to find our own creativity and let's us know that it doesn't matter what others think about our piece of art. It shows us - or children - that it's perfect just the way it is! That it's okay, even if someone else thinks it's something different than you wanted it to be.

A perfectly good message that every child and educator should remember. In creativity there is no right or wrong, let's remember that.

Besides that this book shows children that scary is a very subjective thing - what I find scary doesn't have to be scary for anyone else. What scares us makes us who we are - and here it also is just fine! We are who we are and that's okay. Let's never forget this.

The beautiful illustrations will let many children see that what they make is great - because it looks a like. A childrens piece of art in a childrens book - what else do we want!

'My Monsterpiece' is a fun book with wonderfully vibrant illustrations! The narrator draws amazing monsters and imagines ways his monsters can connect him with his family and friends. Preschooler to 1st graders will love this one!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

I received an electronic ARC from Yeehoo Press through NetGalley.
Beautiful multimedia illustrations support this story about a child who wants to scare their family. They create monster after monster and finally decide that maybe monsters don't have to be scary. They drift into imagination about a young monster who moves through this same process in reverse and decides that a child doesn't have to be scary.
The text is simple to follow for preschool and lower elementary readers. Clever idea about acceptance and changing your point of view.

This was an adorable book about a kid trying to scare their family with pictures of scary monsters...only for the family to them how cute all of the drawings are. So the kid imagines what would happen if a monster tried to do the same thing, and failed the scare their family with pictures of scary children.
The art is collage style and my kids loved it! The colors are bright and fun, and the monsters both fit the scary and cute descriptions given.
This was a great book, and I highly recommend it! My kids had a blast reading it with me (and the 6 year old read it to us!)

This is a cute and colorful story! This would be perfect for a monster themed story time or even and art themed story time.

The story didn’t do much for; It felt sort of rushed. However, the illustrations were very eye catching and creative. My oldest son loves art and I think he would enjoy this book because the monsters are so fun and unique.

Very creative. Love the bright colors and all the different mediums used for crafting. Lots of textures portrayed in the book.

My kid and I LOVED this book! There was just the right mix of art, humor, and messaging on acceptance. We had a great time talking about the silly features of the different monsters, and he even came up with a few ideas for his own monster! I love a book that sparks creativity.

I will absolutely purchase this and recommend it to friends.

The art style in this book really intrigued me, the realistic style isn't one I see a lot in children's books but it's one I like. I think this book would be great for a pre-k student. This book, in particular, would be great paired with a craft, the pictures are of monsters made from craft pieces which could be done in person after reading the book.

A cute book about monsters, but also about accepting difference. A child draws a monster to scare the family members - but each time, they are not scared but find the monster rather cute and laugh about it. In the end, the child ponders the question whether a monster has to be scary at all, and whether little monsters draw pictures of humans to scare their family. In the end, child and monster come together as friends on the monsterpiece... The repetition of the steps draw monster - scare family member - who is not scared at all - draw new monster and so on is a great method to be used in a children's picture book, as they learn what to expect and relish the next 'scare'. Also, the story tells about varying perceptions and how first impressions can differ, and that scary is relative. In the end, we learn that making friends with something or somebody different can be the best solution.

Regarding the pictures, I loved the combination of drawn and photographic elements. I wonder whether the skillful execution of the wonderful monster drawings may intimidate kids who are self-conscious about their own drawing abilities, but I guess with a little encouragement soon all kids will eagerly draw their own monsterpiece.

(thanks to netgalley, the author, and the publisher for a copy of the book, all opinions are my own)

This was such a fun read! As a K-5 art teacher, one of my favorite lessons is to have children create "imaginary animals/creatures". This book would be a great way to inspire my youngest students to create creatures, and that monsters don't have to be scary! I loved the illustrations in this book as well.

A cute story of art and discovery and unity.

it is a lovely story that celebrates the unique nature of children

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book.

This children’s book is VERY unique! First, the premise is that the masterpiece is a MONSTERpiece — the drawings are constructed with various material and colors. They are spooky little creatures that are super cute and fun. I thought this book would appeal to kids because of the colorful illustrations that looks like arts and crafts / fun with food and making messes (just being honest!). A cool unique book :)

What a fun, colorful, cute book! This book would definitely engage childrenZ. Very interactive. It could also inspire the little artist to create their own Monsterpiece! I have a grandson who is 2 1/2 who would love this!

I enjoyed this book and it had some bright, and fun images!

The book was easy to follow and it was one that my daughter enjoyed.

It is 4 stars from me for this one – highly recommended!