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Parents' Primer: Fears

Books

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

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
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, Ken	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.	2001
JE BAUM	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 BEATY	Beaty, Andrea	Hush Baby Ghostling Andrea Beatyis the author ofWhen Giants Come to PlayandIggy Peck, Architect. As a kid, she spent her days being a detective, world explorer, movie star, and spy. Now, as a children's author, she spends her days pretty much the same way! She lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at www.threesillychicks.com or at www.andreabeaty.com. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.	2009
JE BERGL	Berglin, Ruth M.	Dear Big, Mean, Ugly Monster Joe is afraid of the monster that lives under his bed until they exchange letters and learn surprising things about one another.	2005
JE BRIGH	Bright, Paul	Under the Bed An expedition under the bed reveals a variety of creatures--hairy green, spiny red, warty and winged--that are not scary, but they are all afraid of the newest arrival.	2004
JE	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	Cohen, Miriam	Jim Meets The Thing The only one in first grade afraid of The Thing, Jim overcomes his fear on the playground.	1981
JE	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 DUNBA	Dunbar, Joyce	The Monster Who Ate the Darkness	2008
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.	2008
JE	Emberley, Ed	Go Away, Big Green Monster! Bits of a monster peeking out from die cut pages are designed to help a child control a fear of monsters.	1992
JE	Gackenbach, Dick	Harry and the Terrible Whatzit When his mother goes to the cellar and does not return, Harry goes down to search for her and confronts the terrible two-headed Whatzit.	1977
JE HEMIN	Hemingway, Edward	Bump in the Night The youngest grandson of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway makes his picture book debut with a fresh and funny story about a young boy awakened by a bump in the night. Hemingway turns this classic premise on its head in a warm and clever way. Full color.	2008
JE	Howe, James	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.	1986
JE	Impey, Rose	The Ankle Grabber A young girl is convinced that a monster Ankle-Grabber lives in an invisible swamp under her bed.	1989
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	Kamish, Daniel	The Night the Scary Beasties Popped Out of My Head When nightmare creatures come to life and start to eat his toys, Dan the Man battles the Beasties with his mighty pencil and wins.	1998
JE	Keller, Holly	Brave Horace In the days before his friend George's monster movie party, Horace prepares for the frightening events he expects will occur.	1998
JE	LaRose, Linda	Jessica Takes Charge Jessica searches the house for "monsters."	1999
JE	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	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	Meddaugh, Susan	Too Many Monsters Howard lives in a dark forest with ninety-nine other monsters who love to frighten him, until a tree falls and the sunlight sends all the mean monsters away.	1982
JE MESER	Meserve, Jessica	Bedtime Without Arthur Bella has a bear named Arthur, like others, hes soft and cuddly. Unlike other bears, Arthur knows karate and works tirelessly all night to protect Bella from monsters, dragons, slugs, and other things that lurk in the shadows. One night, Arthur goes missing. Will Bella ever find him again?	2010
JE	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 NOLL	Noll, Amanda	I Need My Monster "When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note instead "Gone fishing. Back in a week. -Gabe" What will Ethan do? He needs a monster under his bed"-- Cover p. [2].	2009
JE	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 NOWHE		Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide! ...reinforces children's abilities to deal with their fears. Every ending is happy, funny, and shows kids that being alone in the dark can be fun.	1997
JE ROSOF	Rosoff, Meg	Jumpy Jack & Googily Jumpy Jack the snail is terrified that there are monsters around every corner despite the reassurances of his best friend, Googily.	2008
JE ROSS	Ross, Dave	The Not-so-scary Monster Handbook Finally, a handy how-to guide for dealing with pesky monsters. Lift the flaps and learn where monsters play and how to send them away!--Cover back.	2003
JE SCHAE	Schaefer, Carole Lexa	Who's There? A child, already tucked in for the night, is frightened by strange noises that grow ever closer.	2011
JE	Schneider, Antonie	Luke the Lionhearted Luke sees a lion that has escaped from the zoo and helps the zoo director capture him.	1998
JE SMALL	Smallman, Steve	There's No Such Thing as Monsters Little Bear is beyond excited. And Big Bear is, too. For the first time ever, each is sleeping in his own bedroom, as allbig bears do.But when Little Bear snuggles down to sleep without Big Bear, everything feels different. Is that a monster he sees and footsteps he hears…?	2009
JE	Snape, Juliet & Charles	I'm Not Frightened of Ghosts Not sharing Robert and Sam's fear, Lizzie faces mysterious happenings in a haunted house and explains them away, unaware of how close she really is to a ghost.	1986
JE STEIN	Stein, Mathilde	Monstersong When Mommy invites the scary monsters from under the bed to sleep with her son, he thinks that the monsters would be much happier in her bed instead.	2006
JE	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 TAYLO	Taylor, Eleanor	My Friend the Monster Featuring an adorable family of foxes and one very large, very green one-eyed monster, this story about new places and learning to make friends offers both kids and parents a reassuring message. Full color.	2008
JE TICH	Tich, Jan	Who is that monster? and that one? There is nothing quite so paralyzing as fear. Who is that monster? And that one? Will you help me find them?...--Cover back.	2006
JE VESTE	Vestergaard, Hope	What do you do-- when a monster says boo? Gives rhyming instructions for dealing with monsters.	2006
JE	Viorst, Judith	My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things If his mother has made other important mistakes, can Nick trust her word that there are no goblins and such lurking around in the night?	1873
JE WILLE	Willems, Mo	Your pal Mo Willems presents Leonardo the Terrible Monster Leonardo is a terrible monster -- he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better?	2005
JE WILLI	Williams, C. K.	A Not Scary Story about Big Scary Things A little boy walking through an ordinary forest encounters an extraordinary monster.	2010
JE	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 WOOD	Wood, David	Under the Bed! A little bear keeps telling his father that there is a monster under the bed, but under whose bed?	2006
JER VANLE	Van Leeuwen, JEan	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.	2004
J	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	Schertle, Alice	The Gorilla in the Hall On his birthday, Jack courageously faces the gorilla hiding in the hall, discovering that five-year-olds can be scary too.	1977
J	Smith, Janice Lee	The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer and Other Stories About Adam Joshua Adam Joshua is moving, and it isn't his idea. In fact, he thinks it's terrible. But no matter what he thinks, Adam Joshua can't stop the move. And getting used to a strange house and a strange town is just the beginning of his problems. Soon he must deal with a baby sister, Great-Aunt Emily, and even a monster in his dresser.	1981
J	Tobias, Tobi	Chasing the Goblins Away A youngster decides to stand up to those horrible goblins that surround his bed nightly.	1977
J	Turkle, Brinton	It's Only Arnold Disguised as a monster, Arnold tries to scare his friends with astonishing results.	1973

DVDs

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

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
DVD JE LEONA	Willems, Mo	Leonardo, The Terrible Monster Leonardo is a terrible monster -- he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better?	2007

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