<b>Having trouble with your backpack zipper? Maybe there's a monster inside! Annie warms up to the exasperating but lovable creature she finds in her backpack in this humorous story complemented by energetic illustrations.</b><br><br>When Annie unzips her new flowered backpack and finds a monster <br>inside, it's hard to say who is more shocked. &quot;AAAAHHHH!&quot; yells the monster. &quot;EEEEEEKKKK!&quot; yells Annie. It's a predicament, to be sure, as the monster proceeds to gobble Annie's sandwich, stick gum in her boot, and tear up her homework to use as confetti for an &quot;Annie-is-great&quot; parade in the middle of class. With a perfectly tuned sense of comic timing, Lisa Moser captures a young girl's transition from annoyance to affection as a funky and disarmingly open-hearted monster makes an untimely appearance. Noah Jones's colorful and expressive illustrations bring these two charming characters brilliantly to life.