The Monster Birthday Party

When Tom wakes in the middle of the night before his birthday and finds a beautifully wrapped and rather strange box labelled 'Do Not Open Before Your Birthday'. . . well, he just can't resist. The consequences of this action lead him into another world in which he spends the day with a Stegosaurus family and finds that Steg's mother's response to him is to leap on a chair and scream because she's frightened of little things that wiggle! There are many flashes of humour and adventure as the day progresses-or is it the night since he finds himself back in his own bed with a small version of Steg beside him? My class reviewers indicated: Story-great; Illustrations-great. . .and there were no dissenters.