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Parents' Primer: Fears

DARK / NIGHTMARES

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE	CALL #
Alexander, Liza	Scared of the Dark Sesame Street Muppets deal with fear of the dark.	1986	JE
Allen, Jonathan	"I'm Not Scared!" Baby Owl is absolutely, positively NOT scared of the dark! Are you? -- back cover.	2007	JE ALLEN
Aylesworth, Jim	The Bad Dream When a little boy is awakened by a bad dream, his parents comfort him by reminding him that nightmares are not real.	1985	JE
Babbitt, Natalie	The Something With his mother's help, Mylo discovers a way to conquer his fear of the dark.	1970	JE
Baker, Alan	I Thought I Heard Because a young girl imagines that spooky things make the sounds she hears in the dark at bedtime, she is relieved to find the real cause of each sound.	1996	JE
Baker, Roberta	Olive's First Sleepover This charming story about best friends and new experiences shows how courage and imagination--and a little purple slime--can transform even the spookiest situation, and help allay a childs fear of sleeping over a friends house for the first time.	2007	JE BAKER
Baum, Louis	The Mouse Who Braved Bedtime Every night, Milo Mouse has terrible nightmares about a scary monster, but eventually he confronts his fears, the nightmares stop, and he even makes a new friend.	2006	JE BAUM
Berenstain, Stan & Jan	The Berenstain Bears in the Dark When Brother Bear brings a spooky book from the library, bedtime and the dark become ominous and threatening to Sister Bear.	1982	JE
Berglin, Ruth	Dear Big, Mean, Ugly Monster For anyone who has ever peered nevrously under the bed after dark.	2005	JE BERGL
Bond, Felicia	Poinsettia and the Firefighters Lonely and afraid of the dark in her new room, Poinsettia Pig is comforted when she discovers that the fire fighters are awake and keep watch during the night.	1984	JE
Bonsall, Crosby Newell	Who's Afraid of the Dark? A small boy projects his fear of the dark onto his dog.	1980	JER
Bourgeois, Paulette	Franklin in the Dark Franklin is a turtle, but he will not crawl into his shell. He is afraid of small, dark places. What will Franklin do?	2000	JE
Bradbury, Ray	Switch on the Night A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark is introduced to a whole new world by a little girl named Dark.	2000	JE
Bunting, Eve	Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour Scary incidents at midnight give Biff the dog and his master a frightening time but all turn out to have good explanations.	1987	JE
Butler, M. Christina	The Dark, Dark Night Upon awakening from his long winter's nap, Frog spends a happy day playing with his friends but when he reaches his pond after dark, he sees a huge pond monster and needs his friends' help to face it.	2008	JE BUTLE
Cantrell, Julie	God is With Me Through the Night A child is reassured by his mother that God loves him even when it is dark outside.	2009	JE CANTR
Chaconas, Dori	Goodnight, Dewberry Bear At bedtime, Dewberry Bear is afraid of the gorilla-fump and other creatures lurking in his room but with his mother's help, a prayer he is learning, and courage he chases all of the scary things away.	2003	JE CHACO
Chapman, Mary Beth	Shaoey and Dot: A Thunder and Lightning Bug Story When the lights go out one stormy night, Shaoey becomes frightened. Dot, her little ladybug friend, humorously explains that the dark is just a place with the lights off, and God is in the dark just like everywhere else.	2005	JE CHAPM
Christelow, Eileen	Henry and the Dragon At bedtime Henry Rabbit is sure he sees the shadow of a dragon on his bedroom wall even though his parents can find no evidence of it.	1984	JE
Cosby, Bill	One Dark and Scary Night One night, little Bill is positive there are mean things in his dark closet and that they are just dying to get him. Only when Alice the great performs a magical tucking-in trick do the mean things go away for good.	1999	JER
Crowe, Robert L.	Clyde Monster A young monster is afraid of the dark because he believes that a person may be lurking under the bed or in a corner.	1976	JE
Dunbar, Joyce	The Monster Who Ate Darkness	2008	JE DUNBA
Dunbar, Joyce	Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep Willa has trouble falling asleep until her brother reminds her of all the happy things that await her in the morning.	1998	JE
Durango, Julia	Dream Hop Children learn a way to escape the dreams which scare them.	2005	JE DURAN
Durant, Alan	Billy Monster's Daymare Billy Monster is scared! But what is keeping him awake? And how will Daddy Monster find a way to help Billy sleep soundly through the day? Set in a topsy-turvy monster world, this warm and funny story is perfect for raising a smile and chasing away bedtime fears.	2007	JE DURAN
Dutro, Jack	Night Light: A Story for Children Afraid of the Dark A story of an underground animal who fears the light is designed to help those who fear the dark.	1993	JE
Edwards, Michelle	What's That Noise? Alex tries to calm his younger brother when they hear strange noises at bedtime, but is he brave enough to cross the cold floor of their dark room when a feet-grabbing, toe-eating, noise-making "something" might get him?	2002	JE
Fenton, Joe	What's Under the Bed When Fred lays down his head, he imagines there is something monstrous under his bed.	2008	JE FENTO
Ferreri, Della Ross	How Will I Ever Sleep in This Bed? A child's new bed feels big and lonely until it gets filled up with stuffed animals.	2005	JE FERRE
Fore, S.J.	Tiger Can't Sleep A young boy is kept awake by the noisy, "talented" tiger in his closet that is busy dancing, eating, and making music.	2006	JE FORE
Garrison, Christian	The Dream Eater Yukio spares the other villagers from recurring nightmares when he rescues a baku.	1978	JE
Geisert, Arthur	Lights Out Told by his parents that his light must be out at eight o'clock, a young piglet who is afraid of the dark devises an ingenious solution to the problem.	2005	JE GEISE
Gorbachev, Valeri	When Someone Is Afraid Suggests some of the ways that animals react to fear, but when a small boy wakes from a bad dream he calls for his mommy and daddy.	2005	JE GORBA
Hayes, Geoffrey	A Night-Light for Bunny When it is too dark for Bunny to sleep, Papa suggests using light like that of stars and fireflies, but Mama finds the right light in their own burrow.	2004	JE
Hemingway, Edward	Bump in the Night After Billy goes to bed one night he hears a scary noise, which upon investigation turns out to be nothing but a sweet little monster named Bump.	2008	JE HEMIN
Higgs, Liz Curtis	Go Away, Dark Night Griffin is afraid of the dark. Find out what he learns about trusting God.	1998	JE
Hines, Anna Grossnickle	My Own Big Bed A child proudly shows off her very own brand new big bed while also telling herself that she can deal with fears about sleeping in it for the first time.	1998	JE
Impey, Rose	The Flat Man At bedtime as he tries to fall asleep, a young boy has fun scaring himself by imaging the noises he hears are coming from the Flat Man, who is creeping up to get into bed with him.	1988	JE
Joerg, Donna	When Dawn Stole the Dark Six-year-old Hannah's mother helps her overcome her fear of the night.	1998	JE
Junge, Alexandra	A Night-time Tale A carousel of words and pictures, this touching tale puts a playful spin on the common childhood fear of the nighttime. A little girl who has always been afraid of the dark embarks upon an amazing adventure that explains why the night follows the day and begins to make friends with things she had once feared.	2006	JE JUNGE
Klein, Abby	Camping Catastrophe First-grader Freddy, who is afraid of the dark, is apprehensive about going on a wilderness camping trip.	2008	J KLEIN
Klise, Kate	Little Rabbit and the Night Mare Little Rabbit is so worried about his first school report that his sleep is troubled by a terrifying Night Mare.	2008	JE KLISE
Le Masne, Christophe	Tom tiene una pesadilla Tom is comforted by his parents after having nightmares. (En español.)	1998	S JE
Lindbergh, Reeve	The Midnight Farm A child's fear of the dark inspires the mother the take her little one on a sunset tour.	1987	J811
Lobby, Ted	Jessica and the Wolf: A Story for Children Who Have Bad Dreams With her parents' support, Jessica finds the strength and self-reliance to conquer a bad dream.	1990	JE
Long, Ethan	Duck's Not Afraid of the Dark! Duck is having a hard time deciding whether he is really afraid of the dark or not. A switch to turn the light on and off is attached to the book.	2008	JE LONG
Mayer, Mercer	There's a Nightmare in My Closet At bedtime a boy confronts the nightmare in his closet and finds him not so terrifying after all.	1968	JE
Mayer, Mercer	There's an Alligator Under My Bed The alligator under his bed makes a boy's bedtime a hazardous operation, until he lures it out of the house and into the garage.	1987	JE
Mayer, Mercer	You're the Scaredy-Cat A scary story followed by strange noises drives the campers inside during their night in the backyard.	1974	JE
McKay, Hilary	There's a Dragon Downstairs Although she is afraid, Sophie is determined to confront the dragon that she thinks she hears downstairs at night.	2005	JE MCKAY
McQueen, John Troy	A World Full of Monsters A little boy explains away the noise of the night by telling himself a story about a world full of friendly monsters.	1986	JE
Merchant, Peter	Eleanor Roosevelt and the Scary Basement As a girl Eleanor Roosevelt was scared of many things: swimming, mice, horses, robbers. Most of all she was scared of the dark…	2006	JB R6767ME
Michelson, Richard	Oh No, Not Ghosts! An older brother "reassures" his younger sister about all the creatures that she imagines lurking in the dark bedroom, but his words only scare her more.	2006	JE MICHEL
Miller, Sibly	Horses' Night Out: A Sirocco Story When Sirocco leads the tiny, winged filies on a nighttime adventure, he discovers that he is afraid of the dark, as well as that their human friend, Leanna, needs a "sleep buddy."	2008	J MILLE
Morris, Winifred	What If the Shark Wears Tennis Shoes? Stephen's nighttime fear materializes, a shark that gets all the way upstairs and into his room to try to eat him, but Stephen has an alternative suggestion.	1995	JE
Nadeau, Nicole	Caillou Bad Dreams Caillou has a bad dream, but Mommy and Daddy make him feel better.	2000	J BOARDBK
Norville, Deborah	I Don't Want to Sleep Tonight It's hard to go to sleep at night when monsters are lurking about in the dark! But this little child makes an exciting discovery when she realizes that television and movies are often the reason she sees bad monsters... and that reading books brings her much sweeter dreams.	1999	JE
Ottolenghi, Carol	Tip the Mouse Can't Sleep Tip the mouse gets all ready for bed but becomes afraid after his mother leaves the room.	2005	JE OTTOL
Robbins, Beth	Tom's Afraid of the Dark! Tom, a young cat, overcomes his fear of the dark by using his imagination to think about good things rather than bad ones.	2001	JE
Robison, Deborah	No Elephants Allowed Justin must think of a way to get rid of the elephants that bother him in his room each night.	1981	J
Senshu, Noriko	Sonny's Dream Sonny, a young grizzly bear, lives happily in Alaska with his mother, but he has bad dreams - giant red "Monster Fish" swim through his sleep. Sonny's mother teaches him that there is no reason to be afraid.	2000	JE
Shebar, Sharon Sigmond	Night Monsters The frightening sounds heard at bedtime turn out not to be monsters.	2000	JER
Smith, Susan Mathias	The Night Light Although he is the biggest, bravest, and greenest bug in town, William Green is afraid of the dark.	1981	JER
Stevenson, Harvey	Big, Scary Wolf Rose is too scared to sleep at night because she knows there's a big, scary wolf in her room, so she tells Papa about it and he helps dispel her fears.	1997	JE
Stevenson, James	What's Under My Bed? Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.	1983	JE
Tessler, Manya	Yuki's Ride Home After an enjoyable day at her grandmother's house, Yuki tries to gather all her courage to ride her bicycle home in the evening fog.	2008	JE TESSL
Tobias, Tobi	Chasing the Goblins Away A youngster decides to stand up to those horrible goblins that surround his bed nightly.	1977	J
Villaseñor, Victor	Goodnight, Papito Dios / Buenas noches, Papito Dios A father comforts his son at bedtime by singing the turtledove song his own mother once sang to him, in hopes that the child will wake up in the morning refreshed and secure in the knowledge that he is loved.	2007	S JE VILLA (Bilingual Collection)
Waddell, Martin	Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? When bedtime comes Little Bear is afraid of the dark, until Big Bear brings him lights and love.	1999	JE WADDE
Waddell, Martin	¿No duermes, Osito? When bedtime comes, Little Bear is afraid of the dark, until Big Bear brings him lights and love. (En español.)	1988	S JE
Walton, Rick	A Very Hairy Scary Story Upon realizing that she has stayed at her friend's house longer than she should have, Sarah decides to sneak home rather than call her father and finds herself in a night filled with hairy, scary animals.	2004	JE WALTO
Williams, Linda	The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.	1986	JE
Ziefert, Harriet	Good Night, Lewis! Mama finally figures out that Lewis doesn't like to go to bed because he's afraid of the dark.	1986	JE
Ziefert, Harriet	I Want to Sleep in Your Bed! When all the lights are out, Susan goes to her parents' door and says, "I want to sleep in your bed!"	1990	JE

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