Children's Fiction Humorous Stories
Robyn's Monster Play
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- May 2008
- Category
- Humorous Stories, General, Theater
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 5
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 9
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780887807503
- Publish Date
- May 2008
- List Price
- $14.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887807480
- Publish Date
- May 2008
- List Price
- $5.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887801709
- Publish Date
- Jun 2012
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
Robyn feels The Raft, the class play, is unfair because it casts only three roles to the boys known as the 3"G's. Robyn starts her own play, The Monster that Ate the World, and learns how difficult it is to organize everything by herself. With the help of some classmates Robyn pulls it off, and finds that her feelings change.
About the authors
Hazel Hutckins est l'auteure de plus de 30 livres pour enfants, y compris l'album illustré primé Mattland, une œuvre qui est aussi illustrée par Duan Petricic. Hazel vit à Canmore, en Alberta.
After many years of juggling writing, raising her children, and making a home with her now deceased husband, Hazel spends her days writing full time. Winner of Writer's Guild of Alberta Award for Children's Literature, she has written children's short fiction for Chirp, Chickadee, and Cricket.
When answering where the inspiration for A Second is a Hiccup came from, Hazel comments, "I decided to see if I could find other ways to describe time. When the writing began to flow in poetic form - and when I came up with the engaging title line A Second is a Hiccup - I knew I had begun a labor of love. The book went through many incarnations....in one version I actually brought in centuries and eons! Good grief! But it finally returned to exactly what it should be...immediate, simple and close-to-home. It is my sincere hope that children of all types will enjoy finding and celebrating, among the pages, the many ways they spend their time."
YVONNE CATHCART is an illustrator living in Toronto with her husband and son. She has illustrated many children\s books and also paints and makes animal sculptures and puppets.'
Librarian Reviews
Robyn’s Monster Play (First Novels)
Robyn feels the class play is unfair because it has only three roles. She then starts her own play and learns how difficult it is to organize everything by herself. With help from some classmates, Robyn pulls it off and finds that her feelings change. Features black-and-white illustrations.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2009.
