Monster Day at Work

Sarah Dyer’s highly entertaining picture of the adult world of work through the eyes of a child is packed full of charm and humour. Her distinctive style, bold and strong with collage type pictures drawn in her favourite medium of pencil and crayon give the pictures texture and feeling. Children and adults will equally love the simple story that misconstrues the work of dad. Economical text provides an entertaining story for adults to read with younger children and emergent readers to pursue independently. There is plenty to inspire budding writers and illustrators, perhaps even workers until that is they see the very last page! - www.writeaway.org.uk

Enjoy a witty child's eye take on an adult world. - Angels and Urchins

A sweet child's eye view of what a day at work is like (if only it were true!) and a great one for reading with Dad at bedtime. - Daily Mail

Helps demystify one of the more puzzling aspects of the adult world - what parents actually do when they're not looking after their children - and the bright, vivid illustrations, featuring images such as a bank building shaped like a giant piggy bank are a treat. - Financial Times

With quirky and stylised illustrations that are full of fun and humour - we love the pink pig bank - this is playful entertainment with a cast of amiable but oddball creatures. - Junior

An excellent introduction to the working lives of adults, that children will find interesting. - Nursery World

This simple, well-illustrated text is a child's view of the world of work. - Early Years Educator

A lovely, well illustrated story about Monster spending a day at work with Dad at his office - based totally on the child's perspective. - Child Care

Wonderfully amusing illustrations. - Achuka

Plenty of scope for humour, and for a small child, fascinating information about the largely unknown world of work. - INIS

The endearing illustrations and amusing story cleverly show the way small children see the adult world. With lots to look at, the book could be read alone or in small groups, and you could follow each of the characters individually, since they all experience very different days! - Nursery Education

The illustrations are funny and creative. There are many strange-looking monsters, all different and none scary. There is plenty of white space, which makes the illustrations pop. Text is minimal–no more than a sentence or two per spread, and that is all that is needed. The art carries the story along at a lively pace. Children will love this book and so will adults. It may generate some lively discussion about what adults do at their jobs - School Library Journal

Sarah Dyer's illustrations are bold, colourful and slyly humourous. They will intrigue and amuse any child who has wondered what their parents get up to at work. - Ibby Link