Monsters in the Fog
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A donkey’s trip up the mountain turns eerie when he encounters “monsters” along the way in Monsters in the Fog, a humorous, suspenseful picture book about challenging first impressions.
Hakim is traveling up the mountain to visit his friend Daisy, but the fog is so thick that he can’t see the road ahead. Then an old goat appears out of nowhere and delivers a sinister warning: “Beware! Beware! There are monsters up there!”
Hakim trots with caution, until he hears an awful groan, growing closer and closer. And out of the mist comes the strangest creature Hakim has ever seen . . . Is Hakim doomed? Or are things not always what they seem?
In this clever story about how appearances can be deceiving, author/illustrator Ali Bahrampour reminds us that everyone looks like a monster in the fog—until you get closer.
* “The cartoonish humor of the drawings provides a perfect counterpart to the calm, concise language of the tale’s spare sentences, much as Hakim’s steady resolve provides counterpoint to the jitters of his companions.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"It's hard to knit a sweater with your hooves," writes Bahrampour (A Pig in the Palace) in the irresistible opening to this parable about curiosity versus fear, "but Hakim somehow did it." Now the orange donkey is headed up the mountain to give it to his friend Daisy, who lives at the tippy-top. But the narrow, twisting road is shrouded in fog, and an old goat soon warns Hakim that monsters are afoot. Hakim spots a strange beast with a square head and glaring eyes, but it's just a dog struggling to carry building materials, a load that Hakim offers to carry in his saddlebags as they continue their journey. More travelers join in the same manner: the pen, ink, and watercolor drawings portray something ghoulish in the fog, which then turns out to be nothing more than, say, a pig carrying umbrellas. Bahrampour has one more surprise for readers before the fog burns away, but the book's meaning is unmistakable, and even urgent: snap judgments and trepidation are no way to move forward in the world. "Everything looks like a monster in the fog," Hakim says. "But the closer you get, the less scary it becomes." Ages 4–8.
