Praise for Monsters in the Fog

**STARRED REVIEW** "The cartoonish humor of the drawings provides a perfect counterpart to the calm, concise language of the tale’s spare sentences, much as Hakim’s steady resolve provides counterpoint to the jitters of his companions. With a subtle moral—everything is a monster in the fog—that is rendered playfully but is still thought-provoking."
School Library Journal

Plays on viewer expectations, but the real fun comes from the opportunity to guess what the fog illusions really are at storytime.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

The watercolor illustrations are dramatically composed, full of humor, and punctuated with mysterious glowing fog. A book that is perfect for storytime and, with its clean design and accessible text, also for new readers.
The Horn Book Magazine

'It’s hard to knit a sweater with your hooves,' writes Bahrampour (A Pig in the Palace) in the irresistible opening to this parable about curiosity versus fear, 'but Hakim somehow did it,'. . .he book’s meaning is unmistakable, and even urgent: snap judgments and trepidation are no way to move forward in the world.
Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Ali Bahrampour grew up in Tehran, Iran, and the United States. He was a 2011 recipient of the Sendak Fellowship for picture book artists and is the author/illustrator of A Pig in the Palace. He lives in New York City with his family.

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