The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board Books)
by Jon Stone, Michael Smollin
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Author: Jon Stone, Michael SmollinBrand: Random House
Edition: Board book
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-06-27
ISBN: 0375805613
Number of pages: 24
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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- ISBN13: 9780375805615
- Condition: New
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Book Review: An apocalyptic strip-tease
Summary: 5 Stars
With a knowing wink at the Book of Revelations, the very title of The Monster at the End of this Book promises an unveiling of a horror.
As if that premise weren't titillating enough, a Grover, a human proxy creature familiar to any child, materializes and at once begins an aggressive campaign of reverse psychology, goading us, the reader, into participation.
The Grover constructs barriers of increasing strength against forward progress. The barriers are, of course, virtual (as even the most backward student can perceive at once). Pages are turned; barriers are shattered. The Grover feigns increased agitation: it shouts, it pleads, it issues renewed warnings of the monster. It is a calculated enticement, at once ingenious and disingenuous. Indeed the Grover is nothing less than a huckster for the apocalyptic strip-tease.
But suddenly the end is reached, and the promised monster is--aha! what's this?--the Grover itself, through a trick of semiotics.
No more pages lie ahead. This is a time for reflection. Behind us is still visible a trail of destroyed pages--broken lumber and scattered bricks, the remains of what turns out to be our dojo, a reminder of our recent destructive desires. And before us, hovering in the void, our previously agitated guide has been replaced by a becalmed, compassionate master.
Its work is done; enlightenment is achieved. The monster and the guide have become one; the monster was us; the monster was nothing at all. Also, organized religion.
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Lovable, furry old Grover is distressed to learn that there's a monster at the end of this book! He begs readers not to turn the pages, but of course kids feel they just have to see this monster for themselves. Grover is astonished--and kids are delighted--to discover who is really the monster at the end of the book!Literature Books
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