Snell's Show and Tell
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Snell's Show and Tell
Snell's Show and Tell
A delightful first-reader story set in the weird and wonderful School ofΒ Monsters.β
In this adorable story from the best-selling first-reader series, Snell learns it's okay to go at her own pace!
Snell needs some time to come out of her shell.
Will she take part in today's Show and Tell?
Snell has something cool to share with all her classmates, but she's nervous. How can she build up the courage to speak?
Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers, by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin! Start by reading only the last word on every line and work your way up to reading the whole story. With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird and wonderful students at the School of Monsters are guaranteed to spark a love of reading!
- DR SEUSS MEETS SESAME STREET: The perfect series to engage and encourage emerging readers, with bouncing rhymes, simple vocabulary and a colourful cast of characters.
- BESTSELLING AND BELOVED DECODABLE SERIES: With over a million books in print and a dozen languages in translation, School of Monsters has fans all over the world and plenty of titles in the series for hungry new readers!
- STAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO: Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin and much-loved illustrator Chris Kennett have created an enticing monsters' universe together.
- BONUS CONTENT: Every book features a decodable word game based on the story, a guide to fostering early literacy, and a how-to-draw spread for the main character!
Readers will love other books in the School of Monsters series:
- Leggy Peggy
- A Birthday Wish for Bee
- Super-fast Skelly
- Tish Learns to Swim
- Luna Boo has Feelings Too
- Milly's Family Fun
- and many more!
Series: School of Monsters
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761213540
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 February 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Illustration: Full colour
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Chris Kennett
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Sally RippinΒ is a best-selling and beloved author for children, and the eighth Australian Children's Laureate. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She has also written one book for adults:Β Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Donβt.Β
As the Australian Childrenβs Laureate, Sally promotes the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians. 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 KennettΒ has been drawing ever since he could hold a pencil (or so his mum 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 theΒ Star WarsΒ universe, and hisΒ School of Monsters andΒ Cross BonesΒ series.
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