Every so often they’ll ask us (challenge us — it’s not like I’m getting an engraved invitation to write things for people these days) to write a little blog post on RedRoom.com on a certain topic.

At any rate, I’d been meaning to do this for some time, and when Huntington, the Red Room editor, posted a challenge Wednesday, I found myself with a little free time in the evening to comment on my favorite book.

http://redroom.com/member/matthew-michael-hanlon/blog/my-favorite-childrens-adventure-story

My favorite, to kill the suspense, was The Monster at the End of this Book, by Jon Stone. I’ll bet you didn’t even realize the book had an author, and hadn’t just been written by Grover, himself. But, alas, it was simply starring lovable, furry old Grover. I thought I had my reasons for giving it the esteemed title as “My Favorite Children’s Adventure Story,” very high praise, especially considering all the worthy candidates.

But, in the end, it was for a very different reason than I thought I had that I realized I consider it my favorite children’s adventure story.