When E. C. Kraeft offered us a chance to review her book, Monster Bash Spits Fire, I had hopes my seven-year-old emerging reader son would have interest.  As soon as I opened my digital copy on my computer screen, my son nearly burst out of his chair from another room to get a closer look.  A monster truck that spits fire?!?!  That’s his kind of book!

As I read out loud the first chapter, he was cheering, jumping up and down and making car noises right along with me.  From the very first chapter he was engaged.  After we finished reading, his monster trucks took on new life in his imaginative play.  This will definitely be a book he’ll want to go back to again and again.

The illustrations throughout were engaging and fun.  After all, it was the book cover that first had my son jumping out of his seat to run over and see it!  If you are looking to get a monster truck loving kid engaged in reading, this is a book that will do it!  For $5.99, it is really hard to say no to this fun book.

E.C. Kraeft has two more Monster Bash books expected out this year.  She is also developing a series of Elf Kingdom books which are sure to be hits with my little readers.  You can find this book on Amazon.com and her author profile on Goodreads.com