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Picture Books

Tedd Arnold.  Huggly Takes a Bath

When he ventures out from under the bed one night, Huggly tries to figure out the use for various items in the bathroom.

Bonnie Bader.  100 Monsters in My School

Jane Brain, the only non-monster at Frank N. Stein Elementary School, is unhappy because she is the only student who didn't find 100 items to bring for show and tell on the 100th day of school.

Ken Baker.  Brave Little Monster

A little monster has trouble falling asleep one night because he fears little boys and girls are hiding under his bed and in his closet.

Kathryn Hook Berlan.  Andrew's Amazing Monsters

The monster drawings on Andrew's walls come to life and give him a party.

Carol Carrick.  Norman Fools the Tooth Fairy

When Norman tries to trick the tooth fairy by slipping her a fake tooth, he is surprised by a visit from the tooth monster.

Judy Cox.  The West Texas Chili Monster

Unexpected things happen when Mama's rip-roarin', root-n-tootin', rip-snortin' chili attracts a space monster to the West Texas chili contest.

Rebecca Dickinson.  Monster Cake

Three little monsters make a most unusual cake and prepare other perfectly horrible treats for their mother's birthday.

Lynn Downey.  Most Loved Monster

At bedtime, four little monsters ask their mother which one she loves the most, and one by one, she reminds them of why they are each special.

Ed Emberley.  Go Away, Big Green Monster

Die-cut pages through which bits of a monster are revealed are designed to help a child control nighttime fears of monsters.

Dick Gackenbush.  Mag the Magnificent

A boy's drawings on the wall of a magical monster sets off a series of adventures for the two of them, until his mother wants the wall cleaned off.

Adrienne Geoghegan.  There's a Wardrobe in My Monster

Bored with her ordinary pets, a young girl chooses a monster from the pet store, but soon finds that it is more trouble than she expected.

Keith Graves.  Frank was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance

Frank the monster indulges his love of dancing by strutting his stuff on stage until his head unzips, his brains flop out, and he continues to lose body parts.

James Howe.  There's a Monster Under My Bed

Simon is sure there are monsters under his bed in the night--he can even hear them breathing.

Pat Hutchins.  The Very Worst Monster

Hazel sets out to prove that she, not her baby brother, is the worst monster anywhere. Since the Baby Monster arrived, no one notices big sister Hazel's talents. When Billy wins the Worst Monster Baby in the World contest, that's the final straw--Hazel must prove that she is the Worst Monster in the World.

Jean Jackson.  Big Lips and Hairy Arms

While having dinner together, two monsters get scared when they start receiving mysterious telephone calls.

Jackie French Koller.  No Such Thing

Howard and the monster under his bed decide on a plan to convince their mothers that both of them have reason to be afraid after dark.

Loreen Leedy.  The Monster Money Book

The members of the Monster Club discuss money and how to manage it.

Laura Leuck.  My Monster Mama Loves Me So

A young monster describes all the things its mother does to show she loves it.

Anne Miranda.  Monster Math

A counting book in which a little monster's birthday party gets out of control.

Mitra Modarressi.  Monster Stew

Presents three fairy tales, based on themes from traditional tales and Hans Christian Andersen, featuring a variety of monsters.

Jill Murphy.  The Last Noo-Noo

His grandmother thinks he is too big to have a pacifier, his mother agrees, and the other monster children make fun of him, but Marlon will not give up his noo-noo until he is ready.

Stuart J. Murphy.  Monster Musical Chairs

As six monsters play a wild game of musical chairs, readers learn to subtract--one chair at a time.

Matt Novak.  No Zombies Allowed

As they look at photographs of their previous year's Monster Party, two witches begin to exclude zombies, ghosts, and vampires to avoid problems, but finally decide that a party is more fun when everyone is included.

Laura Joffe Numeroff.  Monster Munchies

Hungry monsters eat everything in sight while introducing numbers one to twenty.

Laura Joffe Numeroff.  Laura Numeroff's 10 Step Guide to

Living with Your Monster   A guide to choosing and caring for your own pet monster, which includes useful information such as "monsters love country western music" and "monsters love to buy gum."

Susan Heyboer O'Keefe.  One Hungry Monster

At bedtime a small boy tries to control ten insatiable monsters demanding food and creating chaos throughout the house.

Dav Pilkey.  Dogzilla

A monstrous mutt terrorizes the residents of Mousopolis.

Tasha Pym.  It's a Monster Party

A monster's life in Blogsville can be dull, but for Blot and Og things are about to change. This is a tale about the universal magic of friendship.

Bethany Roberts.  Monster Manners

An assortment of monsters demonstrates good and bad manners.

Phyllis Root.  The Hungry Monster

A very hungry monster finally finds something good to eat when he meets a girl with a banana.

Liz Rosenberg.  Monster Mama

Patrick Edward's fierce monster mother helps him deal with some obnoxious bullies.

Marilyn Sadler.  Alistair Underwater

Exploring an underwater cave in his homemade submarine, Alistair helps the frog people get rid of the dreaded monster Gooze.

Eileen Spinelli.  Wanda's Monster

When Wanda fears that she has a monster in her closet, she takes her grandmother's advice and begins to look at things from the monster's point of view.

Adam Stower.  Two Left Feet

Rufus, a monster who has trouble dancing due to his two left feet, finds the perfect partner for the dance competition.

Frances Thomas.  What If?

Mother Monster soothes Little Monster with a pleasant story when he imagines a scary day.

Jean Van Leeuwen.  Amanda Pig and the Awful, Scary Monster

Amanda the pig sees monsters at night, but her parents and her brother find different ways to convince her that there are no monsters.

Jeanne Willis.  The Monster Bed

A little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks humans will get him while he is asleep.

Elizabeth Winthrop.  Maggie and the Monster

Maggie wants to get rid of the monster that visits her room every night and accepts her mother's suggestion to simply ask the monster what it wants.

Dan Yaccarino.  The Lima Bean Monster

After Sammy's dumping of the lima beans he does not want to eat starts a neighborhood trend to put rejected vegetables in a hole in a vacant lot, a terrible lima bean monster rises to terrorize the town.

 

Fiction

David A. Adler.  Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Monster

Movie   A fifth-grader uses her photographic memory, her mother, and her friend Eric to find a missing reel of a monster film they go to see.

Vivien Alcock.  The Monster Garden

Using a tissue sample she believes is from one of her father's experiments in genetic engineering, Frankie accidentally creates a baby monster, which begins to grow at an alarming rate.

Jim Benton.  Lunch Walks Among Us

Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.

Clyde Robert Bulla.  My Friend the Monster

A lonely prince forms a satisfying though dangerous friendship with a monster.

Bruce Coville.  The Monsters of Morley Manor

Anthony and his younger sister discover that the monster figures he got in an unusual box at an estate sale are alive, but they have no way of knowing that the "monsters" will lead them on fantastical adventures to other worlds in an effort to try to save Earth.

Bruce Coville.  The Monster's Ring

A timid boy, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster.

Debbie Dadey.  Mrs. Jeepers' Monster Class Trip

Mrs. Jeepers takes the third grade camping for the weekend to study rocks, and they begin to wonder whether she could bring a canyon full of rock monsters to life.

Debbie Dadey.  Monsters Don't Scuba Dive

There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the swimming teacher at Camp Lone Wolf really be a sea monster? The Bailey School kids are going to find out!

Lawrence David.  The Invasion of the Shag Carpet Monster

Flying, fire-breathing superhero Horace Splattly has his hands full battling a mysterious monster about to invade Blootinville, and at the same time, trying to end an age-old family feud.

John R. Erickson.  The Case of the Night-Stalking Bone Monster

When his juicy T-bones disappear before he has a chance to enjoy them, Hank the Cowdog is convinced that a Bone Monster is loose on the ranch and determines to put a stop to its devious activities.

James Gelsey.  Scooby Doo!  And the Snow Monster

On a weekend ski trip, Scooby-Doo and the gang find that rumors about a snow monster on the ski slopes are keeping people away.

Mary Labatt.  The Secret of Sagawa Lake

At an island cabin in the woods, Sam is determined to track down the monster in the lake.

Barbara Park.  Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed

After hearing from a classmate at kindergarten that people have monsters under their beds, Junie B. Jones is afraid to go to sleep that night.

Dian Curtis Regan.  Monster of the Month Club

Thirteen-year-old Rilla's life becomes chaotic when someone anonymously enrolls her in the Monster of the Month Club and little living monsters start to arrive in the mail.

Seymour Simon.  The Invisible Man and Other Cases

The sixth grade science sleuth solves ten more puzzling cases, one involving an allergic monster, and another an invisible man.

R. L. Stine.  How to Kill a Monster

Gretchen and her stepbrother, Clark, hate staying at their grandparents' house. There's something odd about the upstairs room ... the one that's locked.

R. L. Stine.  The Girl Who Cried Monster

Lucy has told so many monster tales that when she discovers a real live monster, the librarian in charge of the summer reading program, no one believes a word she says.

Gertrude Chandler Warner.  The Mystery of the Lake Monster

While visiting Lake Lucille in the Adirondack Mountains, the Aldens hear stories about a monster in the lake and then encounter evidence that it may be real.

Tracey West.  Three Strikes and You're a Monster!

When a boy buys a baseball bat from Sebastian Cream's Junk Shop, he hopes to become a good enough batter to make the school baseball team, but soon strange things begin happening to him.

 

Nonfiction

Lee J. Ames.  Draw 50 Monsters

Step-by-step instructions for drawing monsters and other assorted creatures. Includes Darth Vader, Frankenstein, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Jaws.

Linda Ashman.  The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide

Presents a collection of poetry about monsters, beastly creatures, and strange, small folk.

Renzo Barto.  How to Draw Monsters, Weirdos, & Aliens

Instructions for drawing a variety of scary creatures, accompanied by black and white line drawings.

Marc Brown.  Scared Silly

An illustrated collection of spooky stories, poems, and riddles including a humorous array of ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and witches.

Laura Buller.  Myths and Monsters

Sea monsters, flying monsters, classic monsters and more.

Erni Cabat.  Erni Cabat's Magical World of Monsters

Depicts such legendary monsters as the dragon, griffin, and chimera and discusses what was known or believed about them.

Daniel Cohen.  America's Very Own Monsters

Discusses such creatures as Bigfoot, the Demon Cat, and Mothman which, though never proven, are said to exist in the United States.

Daniel Cohen.  Everything You Need to Know About Monsters

and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep   A compendium of information about such legendary monsters as vampires, werewolves, zombies, and others that reputedly inhabit land and water.

Martin Delrio.  The Loch Ness Monster

Examines the origins of Loch Ness, stories about the monster first reported to dwell there in 565 A.D., eyewitness reports and photographic evidence, recent scientific investigations, and possible explanations.

Sara Fanelli.  Mythological Monsters of Ancient Greece

An introduction to the stories of fourteen monsters from Greek mythology.

Douglas Florian.  Monster Motel:  Poems and Paintings

A collection of poems introducing the monstrous dwellers of the horribly horrid Monster Motel.

Brian Innes.  Water Monsters

Describes sightings of unidentified water creatures, including the Biblical Leviathan, sea serpents, and the monsters supposedly inhabiting various lakes.

Sheila Keenan.  Gods, Goddesses and Monsters

Discusses the characters and themes of the myths of peoples from Asia to Africa to North and South America.

Charles Keller.  Count Draculations:  Monster Riddles

A collection of humorous riddles about monsters.

Tom Lichtenheld.  Everything I Know About Monsters

A collection of made-up facts, educated guesses, and silly pictures describing monsters.

Terry O'Neill.  Mysterious Monsters

Examines the evidence and tries to draw a conclusion as to whether monsters really do exist.

Janet Perry.  Morph Monsters

Discusses were-creatures, monsters that change from one entity into another, such as werewolves and cat people, including some scientific explanations for these beasts.

Janet Perry.  Giants and Wild, Hairy Monsters

Examines the existence of mythical and fictional monsters that are big and hairy, including King Kong, the Abominable Snowman, and Sasquatch.

Louis Phillips.  Monster Riddles

A collection of riddles about monsters, vampires, ghosts, and other creatures.

Tom Powers.  Movie Monsters

Describes the great monsters of the movies and the films in which they appeared. Includes King Kong, Godzilla, Frankenstein, the Thing, Wolf Man, and the Gremlins.

Jon Richards.  Monsters, Inc. the Essential Guide

An illustrated guide to the characters in the animated film "Monsters, Inc ."

Kathy Ross.  Make Yourself a Monster

Provides instructions for twenty craft projects with a monster theme, created using common household materials.

Sam Schultz.  Monster Mayhem

A collection of jokes about monsters.

Judy Sierra.  Monster Goose

A collection of twenty-five nursery rhymes, rewritten to feature vampires, ghouls, mummies, the Loch Ness monster , and other fearsome creatures.

Marilyn Singer.  Monster Museum

This ghoulish collection of monster poems makes an ideal Halloween book for young children, as it showcases the werewolf, Count Dracula, the mummy, and their slimy, slithery friends.

Tony Tallarico.  I Can Draw Monsters

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing creatures from outer space, monsters, and other weird beasts.

Daisy Wallace.  Monster Poems

Seventeen poems by various authors describe different kinds of monsters.

Marcia Williams.  Fabulous Monsters

Five stories, told in cartoon form, about legendary monsters including Grendel, Isikukumanderu, the basilisk, bunyip, and chimera.