Moin and the Monster by Anushka Ravishankar

This book is about a boy Moin who draws horribly. One night he hears a monster under his bed, the monster threatens Moin that if he doesn’t draw the monster he will be turned into a suitcase (some stupid monster rule of course!). So Moin draws the monster by the invisible monsters description about himself and there he is, the monster comes to life.

Now Moin is in big trouble he has to hide the monster from his parents (bring back thousands of straw baskets and bananas home) and the monster loves eating bananas and singing which leads Moin to a singing class and a late birthday party. So one day the monster gets bored and goes to Moin’s school which creates chaos, the head girl gets fed up by Moin (because of the monster) even the principal K.K Kuttykrishnan (short form Kookie) thinks Moin is a poor boy who understands nothing. After some weeks the monster wants to grow long hair but Moin says no. The havoc increases and Moin goes nuts. He decides to send the monster to another planet but the monster gets lost and when he is found Moin says that he will never part from the monster etc. I think it is a quite a funny book, for sure you will be rolling on the floor laughing by the time you finish this book. This book is great for cheering up somebody. I have a signed copy of this book - I had met the author at the Kalaghoda arts festival a few years ago and drew some pictures for her next book. I don’t know what she did with them though.