Brown, Peter
Summary: A young boy named Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and, if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! Luckily, Bobby can go to his favorite spot in the park on the weekends to play. Until one day, he finds his teacher there! Over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2015
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Summary: The Color Monster feels a little nervous. Today is his first day at school...and he doesn't even have a clue what school is! But, guided by his young friend, the Color Monster has lots of new adventures and makes new friends--and looks forward to tomorrow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WANVan Slyke, Rebecca
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: 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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHUJohn, 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 JOHMcCarthy, Steve
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: 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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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE WOOBirkjær, Betina
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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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BIRLevy, Yael
Summary: "After a day of roly-poly fun and shenanigans, it's bedtime for maziks, the Yiddish word for pranksters or little mischief-makers, a name Jewish parents may lovingly call their rambunctious little ones"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEVChouteau, Jordan
Summary: "In this funny, empowering tale, a little boy is afraid of the creatures hiding under his bed, behind the hamper, and in his closet every night--that is, until his parents give him a magic no-more-monsters patch that makes him invisible to all of them! Now sweet dreams couldn't come easier"--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2019
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Summary: Past the graveyard, hear the howl of werewolf loggers on the prowl. In this spooky, rhyming romp, creatures of all types work together to build a haunted house for a vampire family in need of a home. From mummies to Cyclops to the skeleton crew, they're all working hard to get the job done. But they'd better hurry, because the house needs to be finished before the sun comes up. It's a good...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TUPLlenas, Anna
Summary: Emotions, including happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and calm, are described through the actions of a monster sorting them out.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD LLECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOARD LLEHoffman, Amalia
Summary: A celebration of imagination, creativity, acceptance, and art that will delight children of all ages. Ever tried to make the meanest, wildest, scariest monster? What if even a green tongue, pointy horns, creepy sharp teeth, and claws won't frighten anyone away? Join the frustrated artist on a hilariously hair-raising adventure where the scary and not scary mingle and lead to the discover that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yeehoo Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOFOffsay, Charlotte
Summary: If your grown-ups bring home a small monster, er, baby, don't panic. Just send it back! In this hilarious and heartfelt book about sibling relationships, a girl can't believe it when her parents bring home a fussy, stinky, attention-stealing monster. She hatches a plan to send it back to where it came from, with hilarious results ... and along the way, she learns that maybe monsters--and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OFFJohnson, Nicole
Summary: A story based on an episode of the Disney animated show "Monsters at Work" follows Tylor Tuskmon, who hopes to imitate his idols, Mike and Sully, and become a Jokester on the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE JOHBright, Rachel
Summary: Googly-eyed Monster looks high and low for someone to love him, and then in the blink of an eye love finds him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE BRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRICrosby, David R.
Summary: "Pirates Hector, Sue and George are crafty, bold and all very proud about besting some of the most grizzly, gruesome monsters. But are they telling the truth?" --Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Arts Publishing 2021
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Summary: "Monsters of all shapes and sizes help little ones learn to count from one to ten, in this delightfully ghoulish board book."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DRAHirst, Daisy
Summary: Monstrously funny clothes combinations to delight little monsters everywhere! When monsters get up in the morning, they have to find something to wear. Simon wears socks, Darrell puts on a dress and Terrence tries on a tomato. Meanwhile, Cassie is wearing cars and Lester has the latest fashion - leaves! Daisy's adorable, cheeky little monsters try all sorts of hilarious combinations of clothes...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: Peludo es un monstruo muy grande. Peludo siempre está enfadado. Peludo está muy solo. ¿Tendrá que ver con su mal humor? Los pequeños rapónchigos huyen de él...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nube Ocho 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH GILRex, Michael
Summary: A family treks through spooky landscapes looking for a monster, only to run back home when they actually find one.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE REXCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REXLane, Adam.
Summary: Dracula is feeling sad and throws a truly wild party in order to meet new friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2004