The Monster Boring - Softcover

The Monster Boring is an allegory with the express purpose of promoting reading as a gateway to a child's most powerful mind tool, his or her imagination. A feeling such as boredom is given a body that a child can understand, and the story is presented in entertaining rhyme that even the most beginning reader will find entertaining. However, the vocabulary in The Monster Boring promises to challenge. While targeting primary readers (Preschool-3rd Grade), the story contains words such as SULLEN and APATHY that will appeal to the older reader and the teacher who must expand a classroom's vocabulary.

The Monster Boring is the perfect companion book to Donnelly Lane's new title for children, The Book Garden (2nd-5th Grade), which explores the joys of creative writing. Also available on Amazon.

I have enjoyed reading The Monster Boring to thousands of children in schools across the United States. When you read the book with YOUR child, discuss what it feels like to be bored. Think about why the Monster Boring is green and shaped like a snake. If you have ever had the misfortune to meet him, you already know this horrible monster is a poisonous creature who shuts down the mind. What activities does YOUR child like to do that might fight the Monster Boring's venom? Make a list! Then read the book!