Description
Tonight is the annual feast at the Rotten Core restaurant, where the scariest monsters gather for a dreadful meal. All the classic monsters arrive: the Big Bad Wolf, the Wicked Witch, the Vampire, the Giant Ogre, the Mummy, the Devil, the Pirate, the Ghost, and the Monster Under the Bed. Each receives a silver tray with a liftable flap that reveals the most disgusting, horrific food. For example, the Big Bad Wolf has fried Granny fritters and three little pigs’ feet served on hay, wood, and brick. One guest arrives late: a boy who wants to face his fear of monsters. The tables quickly turn, however, when his boy’s meal disgusts the monsters: pizza, pasta, a hamburger, chicken nuggets, and a choco-banana crepe.
A Monster’s Meal may not be the best choice for all children. For example, the Vampire is served a selection of severed princess necks, while the Pirate receives hundred-year-old aged piranha pee, and each meal is detailed in the illustrations. That said, for the child with a strong liking for the gruesome and gory, this book may prove quite entertaining.