A Monster's Meal: A Lift-the-Flap Picture Book

(Hardback)

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Its dinnertime at the annual feast for fiendslift the flap covering each monsters plate to reveal the deliciously gruesome meal underneath in this grossly funny picture book. Bone Apptit!

Youre invited to the annual feast for fiends! Up on a rocky hill lies The Rotten Core Restaurant, where monsters from all over have gathered around the dinner table to enjoy the best foods the dastardly chef (and his undead matres d) have to offer.

Lift the plate cover to reveal the terrifyingly tasty meal underneath. For the vampire Chefs famous scarlet smoothie and thinly sliced bat wings start the meal, and a few princess necks are a main course thats to die for! For the witch Snail-slime porridge, and an apple dipped in black widow venom for dessert! Other monster guests include a werewolf, an ogre, a mummy, a pirate, the monster under the bed, and even the Boogeyman, all with delightfully disgusting dishes cooked perfectly to their tastes. But it might be the final guesta small human boywho has the most terrifying tastes of all.

With 10 sturdy flaps readers can flip up to reveal a ridiculously revolting menu underneath, this picture book is sure to have young readers laughing out loud and eager to curate a monstrous menu of their own!

Author Bio

Meritxell Mart was born in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). She studied Music and Humanities and has worked as a piano teacher, editor, and university professor. Today, she devotes herself entirely to crafting and writing stories for children. She has published nearly a hundred books, most of them illustrated by Xavier Salom. Together, they have won several awards, including the Quebec Booksellers Prize and the Reykjavk Literary Award. Xavier Salom is a recognized illustrator from Barcelona. His work has garnered significant recognition, particularly for his book OFF, which addresses the risks of nuclear energy. Salom has won the Prix of Quebec Booksellers award for the book Under the Waves (2022) and the Icelandic award for The Marvelous and Horrifying Grandmas House (2023). One of the latest book by the pair, A Monsters Meal, published by Seuil Jeunesse, has achieved remarkable success, with over a hundred thousand copies sold, marking his fifth collaboration with the publisher.