Book Review: I Will Chomp You! by Jory John

Jory John is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children and adults. He is also a two-time E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient. He work includes the New York Times bestselling novel, All My Friends Are Dead. His most recent picture books are Penguin Problems and Quit Calling Me a Monster!. Jory has also written for New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Believer, McSweeny's Internet Tendency and BuzzFeed. For more then six years, he has worked as the programs director at 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and educational center. 
Bob Shea has written and illustrated over twenty picture books such as Dinosaur vs. Bedtime and Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great. His characters and animations have appeared on Nick Jr, Playhouse Disney and PBS Kids. Bob spends his days writing, drawing, and having conversations with NPR. 
In I Will Chomp You! by Jory John illustrated by Bob Shea is a tale about a greedy, big-headed monster that goes to great lengths to protect his precious cakes, which he's hidden in the back of the book. This book brings fresh, hilarious twist to a time-tested blueprints as their little monster threatens, reasons and pleads with readers to not turn the pages. 

So the illustrations in this book are so bright and fun to look at. Then you have the words which take the cake. It reminds me of a child book that I read growing up. My kids loved reading this book and would yell, "Chomp" every time we changed the page. They still talk about it a week later which is saying something. This is a book that every parent needs to add to their bedtime story collection. 

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