Monster Chef
About this book
What does an average monster need to prove he can be scary? Just the right ingredients in a recipe for fright!
Marcel was a monster of medium size
With crotchety horns and googly eyes
Like any good monster, he worked every night
Giving the neighbourhood children a fright.
But poor Marcel is simply not scary. In fact, he's hopeless at his job. After he trudges home from work each night, he turns to his true love . . . cooking.
He made earthworm spaghetti and cold cactus pies
With some smelly-sock soup and a cockroach surprise
There were rotten bananas on apple-core cake
And a dollop of sludge on a beetle-shell bake.
One night, when Marcel leaves his lunchbox out, a little kid looks inside . . . and is terrified! So Marcel gives up freelance frightening, and opens a restaurant where he can scare customers with his cooking instead.
Reviews
Praise for The Very Cranky Bear:
"A favourite new book . . . I love The Very Cranky Bear." —Canadian Living
"Combines a simple story with a great rhyme scheme . . . hilarious drawings and a lesson that's not preachy or heavy-handed." —The Victoria Times-Colonist
"[A] jolly tale." —Ottawa Family Living
"Rollicking rhymes . . . a perfect book!" —The Guelph Mercury
Praise for Monster Chef:
"Marcel never gives up on his goal of being scary, and he finds a new way to reach it. He is most successful because he finds a way to use his own strengths to meet the objective. It's a classic lesson presented in a new way." —CM: Canadian Review of Materials
