Book Review: Thelonius Monster's Sky-high Fly Pie

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Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie

Hello!

Okay.  Let the truth be told.  I saw this book title in a catalog and it immediately caught my attention.  I am extremely drawn to rhyming books.  They are my favorite books to read.  I love poetry and reading them is one of my favorite things to do in the whole wide world.  I really appreciate the work that goes into getting the perfect rhyme and I delight in the lines of well-written rhymes.  That being said, let’s talk about Thelonius Monster’s Sky – High Fly Pie.  I was pretty sure from the title that this would be a rhyming book.

What I really like about this book, besides the wonderful vocabulary words that are used and the pleasant poetry is the whole idea of the story.  The author, Judy Sierra borrows from the story of There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly… but puts her own spin on it.  I really enjoy this in a book.  I like to see how clever authors can be in their own versions of a well-known story and I was not disappointed.

She also sprinkles each page with great vocabulary, which really factors in to how much I will enjoy a story.  The first page of this book has Thelonius urgently emailing a spider because he wants advice from a savvy insider.  I just love that line!

There is no lack of made up words that help keep the meter of the poem as well.  Again, I really like when authors get silly.  We get to see Thelonius addressing invitations to his most disgusting-est relations.  I love that word – disgusting-est.  And even though it is not proper English, I have a lot of fun with my kids repeating some of these funny made up words.  The next page has us meeting eleventeen monsters.  How cute is that?  That was a word my grandfather used to use when he would joke around with me.  I like being able to demonstrate that we can create our own versions of stories and words to my kids through a story.  If you like rhyming books, get your hands on a copy of Thelonius Monster’s Sky – High Fly Pie.  You won’t be disappointed.  I give it two thumbs up!

On a side note, as soon as I finished this book I was trying to recall who the author was.  A quick Google search revealed that she is the beloved author of another favorite book of mine called Wild About Books.  If you haven’t read that book you are missing out.  Do you have some favorites that you would like to share?  I am always looking for great new books to read.  By new I mean that we haven’t read them before.  They may be old books but new to us.

Blessings...
Krista!