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Griffin Loves to Win
School of Monsters
Series: School of Monsters
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Griffin's proud that when racing, he always comes first. Will slowing down really make him be the worst? Griffin boasts about winning every running race – until he's teamed up with a classmate who goes slowly. Can he set aside his frustration at coming last, and...
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In this fun story from the best-selling first-reader series, Griffin learns that winning isn't everything!
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Griffin's proud that when racing, he always comes first.
Will slowing down really make him be the worst?
Griffin boasts about winning every running race – until he's teamed up with a classmate who goes slowly. Can he set aside his frustration at coming last, and learn that friendship should always come first?
Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest, and most accessible series for first readers, by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin! Start by reading only the last word on every line and work your way up to reading the whole story. With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird and wonderful students at the School of Monsters are guaranteed to spark a love of reading!
- DR SEUSS MEETS SESAME STREET: The perfect series to engage and encourage emerging readers, with bouncing rhymes, simple vocabulary, and a colourful cast of characters.
- BESTSELLING AND BELOVED DECODABLE SERIES: With over a million books in print and a dozen languages in translation, School of Monsters has fans all over the world and plenty of titles in the series for hungry new readers!
- STAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO: Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin and much-loved illustrator Chris Kennett have created an enticing monsters' universe together.
- BONUS CONTENT: Every book features a decodable word game based on the story, a guide to fostering early literacy, and a how-to-draw spread for the main character!
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- A Birthday Wish for Bee
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761213564
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 July 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Illustration: Full-colour Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Chris Kennett
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Sally Rippin is one of Australia’s best-selling and most-beloved children’s authors. She has written over 70 books for children and young adults, and her mantel holds numerous awards for her writing. Best known for her Billie B Brown and Hey Jack!, and Polly and Buster series, Sally loves to write stories with heart, as well as characters that resonate with children, parents and teachers alike.
Chris Kennett has been drawing ever since he could hold a pencil (or so his mum says). But professionally, Chris has been creating quirky characters for just over 20 years. He's best known for drawing weird and wonderful creatures from the Star Wars universe, but he also loves drawing cute and cuddly monsters – and he hopes you do too!
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