I Like to Eat Children

This book was probably one of the cutest things that I have read ever. It intrigued me from the get go and I just loved everything about it from the drawings to the story and even the way it rhymed sometimes. This book is definitely an underrated jewel.

Not a bad little children's book and I really liked the illustrations. It complimented the book really well.

Even after decades of devouring Horror, this title struck me and I had to know what it was about. I'm still not sure I approve, but certainly it did catch my attention; and reading the story, I saw that there is a sensible conclusion to it. Children worry about monsters under the bed, in the closet, and outside the window. In this story, that Monster is a real creature, but by the end Rescue Parents solve the problem, equitably and calmly, so the children are all safe and protected.

Fun, cartoony illustrations liven up this picture book about a monster that - you guessed it - likes to eat children. The repetition of the title line will make read-alouds fun, but the sporadically rhyming verse can't decide what it wants to be and the ending falls rather flat. Still, it's great to see a scary picture book, and there is some nice disabled representation with one of the children being in a realistic-looking wheelchair.

Such a cute spooky story. My children love stories about monsters and this one was very popular with them. I loved the illustrations- creepy but still a lot of fun.

I Like to Eat Children is a book aimed at middle grade children, by American xx, Reagan Rothe. It is illustrated by Drew Rose. All children know about the monster under the bed: he’s from their worst imaginations. Even when children check all the possible hiding places, they know he’s there when the lights go out. Rothe and Rose show us what he looks like, this ugly green monster who likes to eat children. And that could be the stuff of nightmares, if it wasn’t for mom and dad, who stop the monster in his tracks and send him on his way. (They have a secret weapon.)
The illustrations are outstanding: colourful and imaginative and a great enhancement to the text; the text itself has been mentioned in other reviews as lacking sufficient contrast with the background page colour, making it a little difficult to read, a valid criticism. A clever weapon against bedtime fears.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Black Rose Publishing.

The best "scary" kids book I've seen in a long long while! Great colors on the pictures and as always I love the inclusive drawings! Only draw back was the purple font on the ebook a tad hard to read but I think it would look much better in print so doesn't effect rating.

This is a cute monster story for kids- but maybe too scary if you have a little one with a real fear of monsters lurking under the bed. I liked the illustrations, but the font color and style were really hard to read.

A fun book for kids who love to read stories about monsters. I liked the fact that there's no superficial super hero, who comes to the rescue, but the parents who are the actually the primary guardians. New and Nice.

I Like to Eat Children is an odd little book that might be frightening to small children. It would be pretty easy to get caught up in the scary nature of a big monster with dark green skin, who is scaly and slimy and full of oozing yellow bumps with a big red eye who pursues little people, if you were under 6 years old. The words are taken from the story and there are other vivid descriptions of a hideous creature looking to eat children!! With a parent’s guidance it might be interesting for young kids, although for a child that is easily frightened maybe not. The story is a traditional “monster under the bed” kind of story. My 3 year-old grandson is so not frightened of this kind of stuff, willing to hold a live tarantula in his hand and smile about it. I can not whole heartedly recommend for every child but would say a parent would know about his/her little one and whether this is appropriate. The story has, what seems to me to be, a singular message—“grown-ups and particularly family will protect you.” A good generalized message. #IlikeToEatChildren #NetGalley

I Like to Eat Children by Reagan Rotheis a great kids book that I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This book has the parents as heroes! The story tells about a monsters and the different types saying they like to eat children. The art work is so cute! But it is nice to have the parents saving the day for once! Cute art and story!

What a cute story to share with younger children. The story had a good flow and the illustrations suited the story well and where appealing and colourful. The story had a nice conclusion and I could imagine sharing this book with others. This story has room to grow and would be a cute part of a series.

Does your kid like scary things but they're still definitely too young to watch all the scary movies that some of their friends are watching? I feel as though<i> I Like to Eat Children </i>by Reagan Rothe is pretty perfect for those kids. Granted, I have a friend who were watching horror movies back when she was only two years old (which I frankly find horrifying, but she loves it and looks back on the memories rather fondly, so there you go). This book has a perfect amount of scary for the kids that actually <i>want</i> to be scared. Of course, with that said, I would say if you have a timid child who doesn't particularly enjoy feeling scared...I'd probably not read it to them.

<i>I Like to Eat Children </i>is a pretty harmless tale about a monster who, as the title says, enjoys eating kids. He sets off on a journey to find his next meal and eventually determines the best way to get it is to find his way into their bedroom at night. It's this particular aspect that makes me say, frankly, that a child prone to feeling scared is not the sort of kid you want to read this book to. When it comes to be bedtime, they will get scared. And you definitely don't want this to be a bedtime story for those kids. That said, I can see some kids really enjoying this book. I can see some finding it hilarious. I can say, hands down, I will be buying it for that friend I mentioned above when she (if) has children of her own.

It's an adorable little book, really, with a sound resolution to the problem of the monster--though if he doesn't eat himself some kids, I wonder if he will go hungry?--has some cute and well-done artwork, and generally just was a lot of fun to read. But again, it's only for children with a specific personality type. Or maybe for kids who are a little older and less likely to believe in the scary monster that just might be coming to eat them.

<i>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>

I read this to my students. I really tried to make it sound spooky but the kind of gave up on it at the end. This had a cute premise but didn't really deliver with the story. The illustrations were cute, though!

itle: I Like to Eat Children
Author: Reagan Rothe
Illustrator: Drew Rose
Publish Day: Oct. 4, 2014 — so available for purchase!
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Review

If your young child likes spooky lite — this is a good one. It is available under Kindle Unlimited as well. I downloaded this through Netgalley, as I am auto approved with Black Rose Writing. I liked the cover so wanted to look at it. This would have fit perfectly with my students this school year. They liked anything and everything that would fit nicely under Halloween.

The illustrations in this story are “spooky” enough and silly that will help make the story seem too frightening. I mean, it IS about a spooky monster thing that likes to each children.

One excited note: one of the children is a wheel chair user. Overall this story was cute and perfect for the kiddos who like a little scary read. This is downloaded freely in exchange for an honest review.

I like to eat children by Reagan Rothe.
I read this book to my children and they loved the colour and the story. Especially the end. They gave it 5*.

Sounds scary, but this is a children's horror story. But, it is a story for little ones -- you know the ones you read to or early readers will enjoy. So this tells you it isn't too scary while keeping in mind some little ones might be a little scared to hear a story if they learn the monster is in the dark and eats children. Can you blame them? Nevertheless, it is easy to read with a nice repetition as in most books of this type. The illustrations were well done and work well for the story. This story is a nice book of description mostly with colorful illustrations. One illustration, which might be upsetting to some little ones shows the monster with bones after he ate a witch because you see her hat, but there is no blood. If you have a child already upset about sleeping in the dark this might not be the book for your child or your family as it mentions the monster arrives then. So it might not be a story for every child though I recommend it as it is worth considering because the reader knows if the child will handle it or not. One way to handle this book and reading it is to show pictures ahead of reading and explaining it is not real. It might be a great way to teach about real and pretend. I don't want to spoil the story, but let you know an ending message is the characters or children have special people to protect them from the monster. Perhaps if looking ahead for book as a Halloween scare this would fit your needs.

This book was fun until the end. It’s meant to be a horror story for children and I think it does so very well. Nothing too scary, just a spine tingling story to get the nerves jumping just a bit. I didn’t love the end where the storytelling felt flat but the lead up was good, the illustrations are good, and I think kids will enjoy it.