Love Monster and the Scary Something
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
It's way past bedtime o'clock in Cutesville . . . . but somebody can't sleep. The harder he tries to nod off, the more wide awake Love Monster is, and the later and darker and spookier it gets. When he hears a rustle rustle, then a creeeak, scuffle-shuffle BUMP, he's just sure there's a hungry, scary something on its way to get him. So Love Monster musters up his courage . . . . and discovers that the something scary isn't so scary after all. It's just his friend coming to pay Love Monster a visit. Turns out Love Monster's pal couldn't sleep, either.
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Fears of lurking monsters can be a source of nighttime anxiety for some kids, so it's slightly ironic that Bright's adorably big-eyed monster, returning in his fourth picture book, is himself being kept awake by strange noises. Bright generates some real suspense during Love Monster's dark night of the soul ("There was definitely something out there! And that something... had definitely gotten in!"), and as her hero's imagination goes into overdrive, readers see a menacing purple fluffball with "terrible, twisterly toenails" tromping up the stairs. Reality proves to be much cuddlier: the intruder, "the tiniest, fluffiest bunny in Cutesville," was simply scared of the dark, too. The storytelling can occasionally get a bit convoluted ("Somehow, hiding from the something outside... got harder than finding something brave inside"), but nervous readers will be reassured by the nothing-to-worry-about conclusion. Ages 2 4.