He goes back to retie the rope and reestablish the friendship. But upon seeing the monster's tree house he starts to think about the monster as a friend, and the fun they had. The boy fumes, and decides to write a note to the monster saying 'not friends'a and deliver it to the monster to show how angry he is. An argument begins, a water balloon fight ensues, and finally the rope between houses is cut. Everything goes well, until the monster starts playing an instrument, and the boy doesn't like the music. The first few interactions between the two don't go as planned (monster eats the ball), but after dancing they become friends and build a clothes line between the houses to moves stuff back and forth. Once there was a boy and this tree house, then one day he had a neighbor.
All in all, The Monster Next Door is a sweet little book about friendship and forgiveness, and is recommended to those looking for children's stories with those themes. The artwork, done in watercolor, charcoal, and colored pencil, is colorful and appealing. This cute picture-book from David Soman, the illustrator of the Ladybug Girl books, and the author/illustrator of Three Bears in a Boat, offers a look at the joys and challenges of new friendship, and highlights the importance of flexibility and forgiveness, in getting through the inevitable quarrels that will arise. But when their musical session ends in an argument, and then a balloon fight, it looks like their friendship is at an end. Although they don't always understand one another's jokes, or play the same games, they do both like to do silly dances, make silly faces, and exchange notes. When a monster builds a tree house across the field from his own, a young boy finds himself embarking on a new friendship.
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