Ginny Goblin Cannot Have a Monster for a Pet by David Goodner, Louis Thomas
Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on July 23rd 2019
ISBN: 0544764161
Pages: 40
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If you can’t have a goat for a pet, how about giant monster or fire-breathing monster or petrifying monster? No? Well, then, compared to those, maybe a goat IS the best option! 

The reader is invited into the story from the second page, “Maybe if we help Ginny…”.. Text is well-spaced in dark brown font  and is large enough for beginning readers to attempt reading. A few dark pages have text contrasted in white. Sentences vary in length with some interesting words such as ‘unequivocally’ and ‘tentacles’. 

Simple, cartoonish illustrations done in gouache and pen & ink rely on eyes to show emotions. Mostly white background helps keep the reader’s eye drawn to the important elements

This book could provide much humor with lower elementary ages in discussions of pet acquisition! A good purchase where ‘Ginny Goblin Cannot Open This Box’ is popular.

Reviewed by Lynn Mayer, Old Town Elementary School, Old Town.