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!

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

• Snell's Show and Tell 
• A Birthday Wish for Bee
• Drake's Silly Sneezes
• Tish Learns to Swim 
• Luna Boo has Feelings Too
• Milly's Family Fun 
• and many more!