A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch (Baby Aliens, 11)
#7 in Mokyklos detektyvai Series
What’s inside...
Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to DRAMA and RUNNING AROUND and even some FAINTING! Izzy and her friends are on a school trip to a big lake. Gary Petrie is excited because the lodges where they're staying have ROBES AND SLIPPERS! The lake is dark and deep and a bit scary. But it's when they open their packed lunches that they realize there's a MONSTER in the lake coming for their CRISPS! Enjoy laugh-out-loud fun with Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, and explore more of Izzy's adventures in titles like 'Baby Aliens Got My Teacher' and 'The Spy Who Loved School Dinners'.
Character compass
Izzy
Maisie
Zach
Jodi
Miss Jones
Discussion points
How would you feel if a monster ate your packed lunch? What would you do?
Why do you think the monster chose to eat the packed lunch?
Can you think of any funny or creative ways to stop a monster from eating your lunch?
What do you think is the most important lesson the characters learned in this story?
If you could talk to the monster, what would you say to it?
Tip: Role play these questions
Use expressive voices for different characters while reading to make the story more lively and engaging.
Ask your child to draw their favorite scene or character from the book. This can help them connect visually and emotionally with the story.
Encourage your child to imagine their own monster. Discuss what it would look like and why it might want to eat their lunch.
Relate the story to your child’s experiences by discussing a time when something unexpected happened at school and how they handled it.
After reading, together with your child, come up with alternative endings to the story, enhancing their creative thinking.
Key lessons
Example Lesson: Problem Solving
Explanation: In the story, the characters face unexpected challenges and work together to find solutions, demonstrating critical thinking and teamwork.
Real-World Application: Children can apply these problem-solving skills in school projects or in resolving conflicts with peers.
Example Lesson: Creativity and Imagination
Explanation: The imaginative premise of a monster eating the packed lunch expands creative thinking as characters explore various creative scenarios to explain the missing lunch.
Real-World Application: This encourages children to use their imagination in storytelling or artistic endeavors at school or at home.
Example Lesson: Responsibility
Explanation: Characters in the book learn to take responsibility for their actions and belongings, particularly when dealing with the missing lunch.
Real-World Application: Children learn the importance of being responsible for their personal items and the consequences of not doing so.
Example Lesson: Friendship and Cooperation
Explanation: The book showcases the value of working together and supporting each other, as the characters unite to solve the mystery.
Real-World Application: This can be mirrored in a child's life by encouraging teamwork and helping friends in collective tasks or group studies.