Dr Seuss meets Sesame Street in the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers! With bouncing rhymes and irresistible stories about friendship, the School of Monsters is guaranteed to spark a love of reading.  It's the costume parade, but poor Abi forgot! So a last-minute outfit is all that she's got … Everyone's dressed up for a costume parade – except for Abi. She's embarrassed by her last-minute outfit. How can her friends help her find the courage to join in? The School of Monsters series is cleverly designed to make reading fun for young readers! Start by reading only the last word on every line, and work your way up to reading the whole story. The students at the School of Monsters may be full of mischief, but their infectious sense of humor and kindness always saves the day!  GLOBALLY BESTSELLING DECODABLE SERIES : With over two million books in print and available in fifteen languages, School of Monsters has fans all over the world! - SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING : Underpinned by strong themes of kindness, sharing and friendship.  - BONUS CONTENT : Every book features a decodable word game, a guide for parents on fostering early literacy, and a how-to-draw activity for the main character!  Spark your child's love of reading with more stories from the School of Monsters: Snell's Show and Tell - Greg's Spooky Surprise - Drakes Silly Sneeze - Griffin Loves to Win - Snow for Heti - and many more! Sally Rippin  is a best-selling and beloved author for children, and the eighth Australian Children's Laureate. She has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She has also written a book for adults:  Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t .  Sally regularly promotes the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in children’s lives. She is passionate about literacy and access to stories, and travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers. Chris Kennett  has been drawing ever since he could hold a pencil (or so his mom says). But professionally, Chris has been creating quirky characters for just over 20 years. He's best known for drawing weird and wonderful creatures from the  Star Wars  universe, and his  School of Monster s and  Cross Bones  series.