He doesn’t have Tony’s outrageous stack of teeth. It makes his sad face even more pathetic. Look at all of the white space on this spread, highlighting just how terrible and terribly alone Leonardo is. That juxtaposition is beyond hilarious, right? So, he’s terrible. But we already know he’s pretty bad at being a monster. All we see is a peek of meek eyes and teensy-tiny horns. I mean, he’s so big that he can’t even be contained to the cover. It’s sheer size is in direct opposition to how terrible of a monster Leonardo is. It was one of the last purchases I made for the library before I left Virginia for California, but I haven’t given it two shakes of a nod since. So I ignored my achy-creaky knees, and hovered over this on the floor of the library. In true Mo Willems style, this thing jumped right off the shelf when I ran my fingers across the spines. I was plotting a read-aloud for fourth graders, hunting for a picture book about meanness and bragging and being friends with someone different than you. (Which I believe is now Disney-Hyperion.)Īn old favorite, a forgotten gem. Published 2005, by Hyperion Books for Children.
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