Griffin Loves to Win School of Monsters

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. 

Griffin's proud that when racing, he always comes first.

Will slowing down really make him be the worst?

Griffin boasts about winning every running race – until he's teamed up with a classmate who goes slowly. Can he set aside his frustration at coming last, and learn that friendship should always come first?

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!
• FEATURES DECODABLE VOCABULARY: Includes simple text for beginner readers to sound out, helping them learn and master a variety of words.
• SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Underpinned by strong themes of kindness, sharing and friendship. 
• BONUS CONTENT: Every book features a fun phonics-based 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. Read them in any order! 

• Snell's Show and Tell
• Greg's Spooky Surprise
• Drakes Silly Sneeze
• Abi's Dress-up Parade
• 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 Monsters and Cross Bones series.

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