I Love You More Than Moldy Ham

Written and illustrated by Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis

When a young monster sets out to do something nice for someone special, he squelches through muck and mire to find just the right ingredients, from beetle knees to plump slugs to chicken teeth! But who is this delightful dinner for? A surprise awaits his special someone and readers alike!

From the critics

“...A furry, bulbous monster is preparing a feast—how better to show you care?—and the ingredient list offers gross-out gags aplenty as it parodies soppy, feel-good picture books...Armstrong-Ellis (Ten Creepy Monsters) fills the pages with slime and sludge, and careful readers will even spy monster-themed parodies of works from da Vinci, Cassatt, George Rodrigue, and other artists...”  - Publisher’s Weekly

“...’I love you more than moldy ham’ is a squeaky, slimy, yucky version of the "I love you more than" rhyming stories often read to young children. Some truly great, disgusting images arise in verse, illuminated by deeply disturbing drawings of yucky, squishy substances and creations in bilious yellow, green, and purple. All things lead to a heartfelt expression of child (monster?) mother love... ‘Happily we sit to eat. Dinner smells like sweaty feet! Green fog rises as we dine... We dig in and life is fine...’ This mildly alarming love story has unlimited appeal for little boys and also some little girls.” - James A Cox, Midwest Book Review

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