OS MONSTROS MAIS MEDROSOS DO MUNDO

Terrible! Hideous! Terrifying! Inside the closet, under the bed; with five legs, four arms, vampiric teeth. Everyone is afraid of monsters. Even... the monsters! How can you? This is what writer and illustrator Paula Browne shows us in The Scariest Monsters in the World, a promise of laughter, not scares. The book tells the story of Ugo Pedregulho, a beautiful little monster. I mean, beautiful for your family, after all, Ugo was a monster. And monsters are monsters. The important thing is that he was loved! And that is the most beautiful thing to see. He loved creating stories, writing poetry, inventing sandwiches, collecting stickers and even – look how weird – dancing naked around the house! Unknown things, however, made the little monster afraid: the first day of school, a different dish, a little sister. How to deal with the new? Even worse: how can you deal with your fellow man if everyone in the city is a monster? And monsters, as already said, are monsters. Fearsome, terrifying, chilling! However, if monsters are monsters, of course, why are monsters afraid of monsters? Ugo Pedregulho soon realizes that perhaps the monsters didn't know each other well. And a brilliant idea from the smart little monster could make those most fearful monsters in the world become the happiest, friendliest and most tolerant. With a lot of humor and delicacy, as well as frighteningly fun illustrations, Paula Browne teaches the reader group that we are all the same, but different ― each with our own tastes, qualities, defects ―, and that it is important not only to respect such differences, but to understand them. Allowing yourself to get to know and learn from others is no bogeyman.