Love Monster and the Scary Something

by Rachel Bright

Overview

The adorable monster from Rachel Bright's bestseller Love Monster stars in a bedtime picture book about overcoming fear, especially of things that go bump in the night.

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.

With sweet illustrations and a heartwarming message, this is the perfect before-bed read to soothe little ones who are scared of the dark.

Join Love Monster on more adventures in:

● Love Monster

● Love Monster and the Last Chocolate

● Love Monster and the Perfect Present

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780374346911
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	08/09/2016
Series:	Love Monster
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.30(d)
Lexile:	AD550L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Rachel Bright is a wordsmith, printmaker, and thinker of happy thoughts. She is passionate about time-honored printmaking techniques, and is the author-illustrator of In A Minute Mama Bear, Love Monster, Love Monster and the Perfect Present, Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, and Love Monster and the Scary Something, as well as many other celebrated books, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages. She works from her studio on a farm near the sea in England, where she lives with her partner; her daughters, River and Sky; and Elvis, the nicest dog in the world.

Editorial Reviews

"Bright's text and her illustrations perfectly capture the terrifying, compounding fear of being alone at night, hearing an unfamiliar noise, and jumping to wild conclusions. The mostly full-page spreads play up Love Monster's fears and feelings, and Bright uses light and darkness to good effect.Yet another outing that will have readers empathizing with and maybe emulating Love Monster." —Kirkus

"Many children will empathize with Love Monster's plight as he tries to fall asleep and the sounds around him translate into something monstrous. Bright's unique illustrations, created with a technique called solar etching, emphasize the shadows when appropriate, spilling font across the page in a rippling movement that begs to be read aloud... An endearing first purchase for most collections and a welcome addition to storytimes."—SLJ

From the Publisher

2016-06-28
The lovable red monster is back, this time facing something all young children will find familiar: nighttime noise fears. Even though it’s “past bedtime o’clock” in Cutesville and Love Monster has gone through his bedtime routine, he’s still awake, and the harder he tries to sleep, “the later and darker and spookier it got.” (His clock marvelously marks off, at 12, 3, 6, and 9 respectively, “Bedtime,” “Late,” “Dark,” and “Spooky.”) He can hear the clock ticking, the wind in the leaves, the owls. But what’s that rustle? It seems to move from the yard to downstairs, and the bang certainly means that it has gotten inside! Now he can hear its “terrible, twisterly toenails” on the floor, then coming up the stairs. Love Monster just can’t take it anymore. “Somehow, hiding from THE SOMETHING outside…got harder than finding something brave INSIDE.” A fling of the covers and a flick of the flashlight reveal another Cutesville resident who couldn’t sleep and didn’t want to be alone. Snuggles, conquering fears, and, finally, sleep bring the night to a close. Bright’s text and her illustrations perfectly capture the terrifying, compounding fear of being alone at night, hearing an unfamiliar noise, and jumping to wild conclusions. The mostly full-page spreads play up Love Monster’s fears and feelings, and Bright uses light and darkness to good effect.Yet another outing that will have readers empathizing with and maybe emulating Love Monster. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews