Love Monster and the Perfect Present

Name: Love Monster and the Perfect Present
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Rachel Bright
ISBN: 9780008541040

Author: Rachel Bright

Narrator: Sarah Hadland

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Published: 02/03/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction, Holiday Stories, Children's Social Themes, Children's Love & Romance

Synopsis

A heart-tingling story featuring Love Monster, who now appears in his own animated television show on CBeebies! It’s Present Day in Cutesville, and Love Monster is on the lookout for something shiny for someone wonderful. But wonderful, shinyful things can be VERY expensive… What is a Love Monster to do? A heart-warming remember-the-important-things-in-life story about how presents don’t have to cost the earth to mean the world!

About Rachel Bright

Rachel Bright is a wordsmith, illustrator and professional thinker of happy thoughts. She has written many bestselling books for children, including Love Monster, The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could - winner of the Evening Standard Oscar's Book Prize and the Sainsbury's Book Award. Her books have been translated into 40 languages and have sold over 2 million copies worldwide. She is also the creator of award-winning stationery and homewares range, The Brightside. Rachel lives on a farm near the seaside, with her partner and their two young daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail

Love Monster returns in this second picture-book devoted to his adventures, this time confronting the question of what to get that very special monster, whom he met at the end of the previous book, for the upcoming Present Day. An important occasion in his hometown of Cutesville, Present Day is the......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

Following up on her popular Love Monster, the author/illustrator reminds readers that it isn't how much you spend on a present that makes it valuable but the thought that goes into the present. In the book, all the monsters love Present Day, which is the day dedicated to giving presents to those you......more

Goodreads review by Rachael

The 32 page fiction children’s book, Love Monster and the Perfect Present, was written by Rachael Bright and published in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). It is almost Present Day in Cutesville! It is the best day in Cutesville and it only happens once a year. Love Monster wants to get the p......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

There is a fine line between cute and too much cutesy-ness; this book dances all over that line and flings glitter on it whilst simultaneously sticking Lisa Frank stickers randomly near it. Ok...maybe it's not quite THAT bad. But it's pretty close. *sigh* It has a good message *said grudgingly* But t......more

Quotes

Praise for Love Monster: “A delightful story with an aah ending.” – The Sun “A sweetly inspiring story aimed at encouraging little readers to take positive action when life is not going their way." – The Observer “Love Monster is a delightful book which has gorgeous pictures, clear text, and a witty story line” – We Love This Book Praise for Love Monster and the Last Chocolate:“If your Easter holidays involve chocolate, and you can bear a story set in Cutesville, Rachel Bright’s scrumptious Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, with its comical, grainy images and lovely retro typeface, will be as enticing as a strawberry swirl. Our googly-eyed hero faces a moral dilemma that chocolate-lovers of all ages will appreciate.” The Sunday Times