Abi’s Costume Parade by Sally Rippin

It’s the costume parade, but poor Abi forgot!

So a last-minute outfit is all that she’s got …

Everyone’s dressed up for a costume parade – except for Abi. She’s embarrassed by her last-minute outfit. How can her friends help her find the courage to join in?

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!

Readers will love other books in the School of Monsters series:

• Snell’s Show and Tell
• A Birthday Wish for Bee
• Super-fast Skelly
• Tish Learns to Swim
• Luna Boo has Feelings Too
• Milly’s Family Fun
• and many more!

In this adorable story from the best-selling first-reader series, Abi learns to embrace looking different.

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!

28 Jul 2026
 

Abi’s Costume Parade: School of Monsters by Sally Rippin ISBN 9781761213571