{"title":"Books by Avery Monsen","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780759554825","title":"Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the coauthor of the smash hit \u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and the creator of the beloved Dory Fantasmagory chapter book series comes a hilarious read aloud about a boy who loses his gift for rhyme.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere once was a youngster named Chester van Chime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho woke up one day and forgot how to rhyme.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChester loved rhyming, in poem or song.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt always felt right, but today it felt...not right. VERY not right.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do?!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Filled with irresistible wordplay and whimsically silly illustrations, bestselling creators Avery Monsen and Abby Hanlon's read aloud tells the story of a boy who learns not to be stressed if he's not at his...tippy-top peak performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eChester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e *\"Your next Best Storytime Book…It’s a must-read, a hit, a guaranteed good time…Poor Chester van Chime may have lost the ability to rhyme, but young readers will lose themselves to giggles…”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Bookpage, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\"His rhyming groove returns as aural fits and starts turn to fluid, welcome rhyme, and the whole town celebrates. What starts out as a book about wordplay turns into an inventive and giggly antidote for the bad-day blues.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Publisher's Weekly, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Monsen’s clever text offers both lexical fun and an important lesson: “This too shall pass.”…Hanlon’s busy gouache and colored pencil illustrations are full of attention-grabbing slapstick humor…Well-timed page turns will have kids shouting out the missing, but easily guessable, end rhymes…Get ready for wordplay that’s giggly and fun and lasts long after the story is [over].\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Hilarity crescendos as wordplay plummets, until Chester realizes we all have bad days.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e―The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Amazon Best Books of the Month for March 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Recipient 2022-2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far for Ages 3-5 for 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294718898549,"sku":"9780759554825","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780759554825_c125efda-47f5-4ed3-8fae-ba1070084800.jpg?v=1786015809"},{"product_id":"9780811874557","title":"All My Friends Are Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Dead \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book you'll ever read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis witty and captivating tale offers a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable: If you're a dinosaur, all your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all your friends are end tables. Showcasing the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie, each page of this illustrated humor book is laugh-out-loud funny. \u003cp\u003eSimple yet effective comic-style imagery and short, hilarious quips come together to create an amusing adventure through a range of unique grievances and wide-eyed dilemmas, from the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you). Cute and dark all at once, this children's book for adults presents endlessly entertaining stories about life and existential predicaments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTALENTED TEAM: National bestseller \u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and companion volume \u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Still Dead\u003c\/i\u003e are written by Avery Monsen, an actor, artist, and writer and Jory John, a writer, editor, and journalist. They are friends, and neither is dead. Yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e READERS LOVE IT: With hundreds of five-star ratings, reviewers can't get enough of this book. One calls it \"gloriously dark,\" and another says that \"guests are drawn to it like a magnet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EDITORIAL RAVES: This uproarious book has garnered praise from several media outlets, including\u003ci\u003e The Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Laugh out loud funny, and a tiny bit disturbing. In other words, perfect.\" and \u003ci\u003ePaste \u003c\/i\u003emagazine: \"Finds humor in mortality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fans of darkly comic or slightly inappropriate books \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gift givers shopping for a fun birthday or retirement gift \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Anyone looking for a unique coffee table book or conversation starter \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Readers of Jory John's #1 New York Times bestselling books \u003ci\u003eThe Good Egg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sour Grape\u003c\/i\u003e, and other titles in The Bad Seed series \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294864781685,"sku":"9780811874557","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780811874557_11dd1e7c-307d-42b5-ad40-1ecace21e231.jpg?v=1786016219"},{"product_id":"9781452106960","title":"All My Friends Are Still Dead","description":"From the authors of the breakout best seller \u003ci\u003eAll my friends are dead\u003c\/i\u003e (more than 100,000 copies sold) comes a brand-new illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300042649973,"sku":"9781452106960","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781452106960_23f327dd-2019-42a3-9505-ff7542a47e93.jpg?v=1786020745"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-avery-monsen.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}