I Love You, Little Monster

A heart-warming rhyming story of parental love and a child’s boundless energy and enthusiasm for life.

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Can you think of synonyms for the words ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ (see Resources below)?
Rewrite the story from Small’s point of view, explaining how he feels about Big.
Choose a sentence in the book and change one of the words. Does this change the meaning?
Write a diary entry from Big’s point of view about the day that he has. What does he most look forward to about coming home at night?
Write a similar story, from your own point of view, explaining how much you love somebody close to you.
Look at the facial expressions in the story. Think of different words to describe how Big and Small are feeling in each picture.
Big says that Small lives ‘as though life’s one huge present, unwrapping a big every day’. What does this mean?

The illustrations show some toys in Small’s bedroom. Could you design a new toy for a small monster?
Design a new toy boat for Big and Small to play with.

Design your own Big and Small Monsters (see Resources below).
Can you draw a picture to show what ‘Love’ looks like? Can you draw other emotions?
Big tells Small to ‘believe in your dreams’. Can you draw a picture of what your dreams are?

The story is full of different ways that describe how much Big loves Small. Can you find them?
Love is one of the emotions that we feel. How does it make us feel? Think of other emotions and describe how they make you feel.
Think of different ways that people show each other how they feel.
Write about some of the things that you enjoy doing with the people that you care about.
Sometimes Big has to scold Small. Why do parents have to do this sometimes? How does it make us feel? Is it unfair?