The boy receives a letter informing him that a monster will visit him. So, he is busy preparing to receive him, not knowing that the monster is worried about his reaction. This is a beautiful and humorous book about the funny paradoxes that prejudice creates, about accepting the other, and celebrating what unites us instead of what separates us.
Age Group: Second grade
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فعاليات متنوّعةDear parents,
Our entertaining story begins when a monster writes a letter to his cousin who lives under a boy’s bed, telling him that he is coming to visit him. But the message accidentally reaches the boy, and he thinks that the monster is coming to visit him instead. So, he welcomes him and begins to prepare for his visit. The child has many thoughts and suspicions about the monster and his qualities, just as the monster has suspicions about the boy and how he should behave with him. They both try to be considerate to each other’s needs and desires, until they meet and become friends.
This comic book helps children overcome fears of stereotypes and preconceived notions, and suggests an approach to dealing with the stranger, the different, and the mysterious by welcoming, recognizing, embracing, and including them.
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