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Max is looking forward to his first ever sleepover at Grandpa's house. max snuggles into bed with his torch and old Ted. he is woken in the night by a terrible noise. As he hunts around the house for the monster he sees all sorts of strange shapes until finally he comes face to face with the monster. This is a light-hearted story which empahsises the great relationships children can have with their grandparents.
Available from and all good bookstores. (Paperback Available late 2006)
scroll down for Tracey's Book launch photos and book reviews .
Tracey's Book Launch Dec 3 2005
'Max Meets a Monster'
As you will see by the photos, I wore my pyjamas to the book launch. It was lots of fun , children brought along favourite Teddy bears.
The
staff at The
Paperchain Bookstore, Manuka, offered
lollypops, drink poppers and lollies to all the guests on silver platters. I'd never eaten a lollypop in a book shop before. It felt very wicked. Then again, I had never gone into a bookshop wearing my pyjamas before either! That was wicked and quite an adventure.
I didn't have monster pyjamas like Max, so I wore pyjamas with red hearts on them.
Max meets a Monster was selected for the cover of the New Frontier Publishing
catalogue 2006.
This is the catalogue cover
Book Reviews Good Reading Magazine April 2006
Max meets a Monster by Tracey Hawkins and illustrated by Chantal Stewart New Frontier Publishing H/B $24.95. Max meets a Monster is the delightful result of a marriage between Tracey Hawkins (author) and Chantal Stewart (illustrator). The opening page of this ‘must-have’ book is so evocative of the wonder and joy of childhood, beautifully illustrated by the relationship between Max and his Old Ted. The curved text combined with the expressions of the two faces literally lifts one’s heart.
This is the story of a young boy’s first ever sleepover at his Grandpa’s house and we, the reader, share this experience. Old Ted’s expressions mirror those of Max which is quite charming and the use of watercolour lends itself to the whole soft, flowing mood. The colours and gentle shapes of circles, stars, flowers and soft lines cleverly correspond throughout each scene and add to the appeal. Brilliant personification is displayed in Grandpa’s old boots; the rather menacing coat and cap in the hall and the threatening bath taps and European bath claws; all capturing any child’s imagination in that situation but somehow made all the less scary by the soft green fish on the shower curtain; not dissimilar to the dinosaurs on Max’s pyjamas! Max’s torch plays an important part in the story in that it assists him in confronting his fear. He finally sheds light on the terrifying noise - the snores of his dear Grandpa whose colourful socks deign to look mortified at having been disturbed!
The story ends as it began; beautifully and evocatively. (Tracey Hawkins lives in Canberra and Chantal Stewart lives in Melbourne.)
Max was also reviewed on
Children's book reviews on 666 Afternoons :: ABC Canberra
"Max is a great book, and was used by the Librarian at our school as a book to read when the pre-schoolers came to visit. It is a great book to read to a group of kids!" Gerrie, Schoolteacher, ACT
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