Shum, Benson
Summary: Anzu the kaiju loves to tend to his bonsai. Whenever he feels overwhelmed or unsettled, it helps him pause and reminds him to just...breathe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Book Press 2023
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Summary: "There's a monster living in the attic. Not a loud monster but a quiet one. It's probably making a kid trap. Each night, it grows in the dark. Everyone knows monsters feed on darkness. This is Monster-Scared. With humor and charm, award-winning author Betina Birkjær and illustrator Zarah Juul show us how the things we can't see grow bigger and scarier, how the slightest sound or shadow can send...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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Summary: In this interactive story, readers are encouraged to "play" with Monster's toy construction vehicles, even though Monster does not like to share.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Blossom loves jumping snake, swimming in the bog, and playing slime ball. She doesn't love the creepy sounds above her bed that no one else seems to notice. Determined to get to the top of it once and for all, Blossom hatches a plan that leads her to find courage...and a new friend. This is a wholesome twist on a familiar fear that will make you wonder--what do the monsters under our beds think...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEWWoollvin, Bethan
Summary: A feisty little girl learns who the real monsters are in this brilliantly funny medieval adventure. Once, there lived a little girl called Bo. Bo wanted to be just like her brothers and capture a fearsome monster. Bo is small, too small to catch a monster--or so her brothers say. But Bo isn't one to take no for an answer, so she sets off on a quest to catch a monster of her own. Can she defeat...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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Summary: It is time for Frankie's dog Sprocket to get her annual checkup, but the Junior Monster Scouts must find her first... and she's really good at hiding! Can the Junior Monster Scouts find Sprocket and convince her that everything is going to be okay?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCGLombardo, Constance
Summary: On monster picture day, Itty Bitty Betty Blob, who prefers dancing, rainbows and cute furry creatures instead of scaring, practices being monstery on her way to school until she makes a discovery and new friends with ideas that just feel right.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hippo Park 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LOMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LOMJohn, Jory.
Summary: A monster tries to chomp any reader who wants to go past the first page of the book in order to keep his cakes safe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHKilpatrick, Karen
Summary: A hungry monster living at the end of the book wakes up and begins to eat the words of the book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KILPercival, Tom
Summary: Milo loves spending time with his best friend Jay, but when new girl Suzi moves in next door, Milo starts to feel left out, and as his jealousy grows more intense a green-eyed monster pops up beside him, twisting up all of Milo's thoughts and making him feel sad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PERMcClements, George
Summary: A giant kaiju (think Godzilla!) awakes one morning not feeling well. He is confused and needs help. Off to the city where his size makes him seem dangerous. Meanwhile, over at Kaiju Central (they keep watch for kaiju activity 24/7), a dad and his son arrive to find the KAIJU alarm sounding for the first time ever! A kaiju has been spotted! Now what? Written in extra-relatable haiku and full of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hippo Park, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: "Og is a thoughtful monster who stumbles upon a curious creature trapped in a block of ice! Will Og come up with the perfect plan to break the ice, and possibly make a new friend?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR ORANGE DYCMcGee, Joe
Summary: When the Junior Monster Scouts encounter a mute banshee at the library, they work together to help her find her voice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCGLong, Ethan
Summary: The monsters of the Fright Club have gathered for a Thanksgiving feast at Vlad's home, but his family arrives unexpectedly and puts their own spin on every dish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Thanksgiving, Call number: JE LONHale, Shannon
Summary: The Princess in Black, who knows how to handle all kinds of monsters, meets her match in an adorable kitten bent on annihilation and must figure out what her finicky feline friend wants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE HALWang, Andrea
Summary: "The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with young Xingling! But Xingling is clever and thinks quickly to outwit him with Chinese New Year traditions"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2016
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Summary: Bunny's plans for a perfect vacation are wrecked by an unwelcome surprise holidaymaker who changes her life in a most colorful way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press, LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FITDean, Kim
Summary: "When Bob tells Pete the Cat a spooky, creepy, scary story about a monster, Pete is a little scared. The monster seems to be everywhere he looks! What will help Pete overcome his fear?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN DEACutler, Marcus
Summary: "A monster claims he would never eat a child as the children playing around him suspiciously disappear one by one"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CUTHeim, Alastair
Summary: "Big Bub the monster needs a bath, but his bathtub is too small. What will he do? He will try everything!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE HEIStahl, Jon
Summary: While two monsters argue over how the story they are telling should go, Dennis, a very hungry dragon, is listening nearby--and he has very definite ideas about how this story should end.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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Summary: "The Vasylenko family are all adventurers who love wild places and wild things. All, that is, except young Oktober. He also dreams of adventure, but it's the kind that takes place between the pages of a book, indoors, where it's safe and warm. Unlike the rest of his family, he dreads venturing out where it's cold, wet, and home to a creature he calls the Wilderness. His father assures him the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: "Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them. This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LLAShum, Benson
Summary: "All great kaiju are born with a super power to strike fear in the heart of the city. But Anzu is different. Instead of mayhem, he likes May flowers. Instead of striking fear, he prefers to be sincere. Can Anzu find a way to make his family proud and stay true to his kind self?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022