Book Nook: My Daddy/Mummy is a Monster

I recently had a chance to review two charming books by Natalie Reeves Billing: ‘My Mummy is a Monster’ and ‘My Daddy is a Monster.’

 

'The Monstrous Me collection' is a series of split perspective books looking at situations from other points of view, helping children develop a sense of balance, roundedness, and wellbeing. Readers can literally and figuratively, turn the story on its head, and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this second book, ‘My Daddy is a Monster’ a curious little boy is convinced his dad is a monster. But, is he really? When we look through his dad’s eyes, we see a very different story.

The books are adorable, telling the same story of the day from two different perspectives - kids viewing parents and parents viewing kids as monsters. Yet there's a sweet, simple ending of love. It's a great book for teaching kids that perspective matters.

 

The author explains, “The series has lots of inspiration and positive reinforcement, while also compelling children and their parents to think and consider what the other may be thinking or feeling. The initial book was received very positively and we are currently expanding this brand and social enterprise with a gameboard, papercraft patterns that children can use to make monsters and masks that can be used while reading – and of course new books featuring our lead family. It’s so exciting!”

 

Purchase ‘My Mummy is a Monster’ from the official website: https://www.lollipoplodge.net/.

Natalie Reeves Billing is a Liverpool lass with a spooky sense of humour, which often spills onto the page. She loves to write fantastical stories for young audiences and dabbles in poetry. Natalie spent most of her early career in the music industry as a performer and professional songwriter. This lead, almost inevitably, to storytelling.

 

Natalie is a fellow of the School of Social Entrepreneurs and a student of The Golden Egg Academy. She is mentored under the Lloyds Bank SSE program, with her literacy projects, and by Liverpool Editing Company.  She is published in several anthologies with her poetry and short stories, including Writing on the Wall and 8N Publishing USA, with its Winter Chills collection. She is currently developing a children’s animated series with her scriptwriting partner and delivering creative workshops throughout Merseyside. Natalie’s children’s books, My Mummy is a Monster, from the Monstrous Me collection, and Ben and the Bug, a story through the eyes of a germ, is out now on Amazon.