Monty and the Slobbernosserus is the first book in the Monty the Dog series by M.T. Sanders. I had reviewed all the other books in the series but the first one had escaped me. When the latest book in the series arrived in the post, ‘Monty and the Land of the Dinodogs‘, this one arrived with it. The author recommended that I need not review it but after reading it and having a good giggle along the way I decided I wanted to.

In this first book, Monty meets Cookie who has come to live with the family. One day when the hoomans (humans) go out for the day they ask Monty to keep an eye on Cookie. However, she manages to get loose and causes havoc with the local people and animals, slobbering all over them.

The storyline is fantastic. It is so funny and did make me laugh-out-loud on several occasions. It felt like there was more text in this book than the others so it might be a struggle for children to read on their own but it would certainly work as a bedtime story or as a class read (when the schools are back open again).

The illustrations may be different from the others in the series but the cartoon style pictures actually work for the amusing, silly plot. Monty and the Slobbernosserus is a real joy of a book that I am certain young children will adore. With plenty of dogs, lots of slobbering, and pages of daft moments what’s not to love.

I’m Mark

Being an author has been a lifelong dream of mine and I am loving writing stories that children and adults enjoy reading. It’s fair to say I came to this late in life after spending my working life as a zookeeper and later as a football coach.