Nighty Night, Little Green Monster

by Ed Emberley

Children will love this monsterously fun story, featuring die-cuts on every spread. With each turn of the page, readers reveal Little Green Monster's little yellow eyes, his little red mouth, and even a cute, tiny white monster tooth. Then, when the stars begin to appear, it's time for bed... so, nighty night, little yellow eyes. Nighty night, little red mouth. Nighty night, cute little white tooth. Sweet dreams!

Genres: Picture Books, Monsters, Halloween, Childrens, Storytime, Juvenile, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 6, 2013

About the author

American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am amazed that with some deceptively simple changes, that I bet weren’t so simple, this works so well for the younger group! My toddler grandson loved this book! It is simple and relaxing with the same add on/subtract magic as the original book. I highly recommend this to parents trying to persuade reluctant toddlers to go to sleep!

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been reading this to different groups of preschoolers. They're convinced it's going to be scary at first, but as the book goes on, they relax and enjoy it. Love the visuals in this book.

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If and had a baby, it'd look like this one. Would be better in a board book format.

[Whitney Vestal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is fun and the cut outs reveal more and more of the monster!

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I had a hundred copies of Go Away, Big Green Monster in my school library, they would all be checked out every week. Such is the love my school has for Big Green Monster.

How could I resist this for-younger-readers version of a school favorite?

Of course I couldn’t. And I’m glad I couldn’t. It’s just as fun and just as colorful and just as zany. Just written with very little folks in mind.

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

more of the same from Ed Emberley and his picture books of colours and change each page to remove monsters.

[Edward Sojuwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those kid's books that, if you flip the pages, special holes and fuzzy materials reveal more of what the pictures tell as part of the story. In this book, kids reveal the face of the cute green monster with yellow eyes, reddish smile and blue-green hair fuzz. Then it's time for Monster to get to bed so the last few pages show his face getting lesser and lesser until it's gone. Very fun book that ages 2-5 should try.
Four stars
Green Monster is the changing face of cool!

[Little Batties · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

I am mostly "meh" about this particular story as a whole, but it was still okay. The part I appreciated the most was the building up and fading out of the monster as we "meet" it and then say good night. This would definitely be a great read for kindergarten and younger, but I cannot see the older littles getting into this. It would need a little more action or a little more to the story than being described what the monster looks like, and then saying good night to each piece of it.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice take on Emberley's previous Green Monster book. This one is much cuter and less threatening. Die cut pages first reveal the monster features, then obscure them. Great for bedtime (but maybe misses out on the empowering message of the first title.) Good for those already familiar with the bigger monster.

[Jennifer (JenIsNotaBookSnob) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple story, but, small children will enjoy the cutouts and how the make Little Green Monster appear and then gradually disappear.

My kid loved these books when she was around age 3 and we went through several that got ripped and ruined during frequent page flipping. There isn't much of a story, but, kids are here for the inventive cutouts.

[Abby Peskin · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the same style of "go away big green monster," the book presents each facial feature of the big green monster one by one, then announcing it's time for bed so it's time to say goodnight to each of those features. Good night to green monster's eyes, mouth, hair, etc. until he disappears and it's time for sleep.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute story that is repetitive. AFter reading a few times your children should be able to read them by themselves. It's a little weird that he removes his eyes, nose and mouth before sleeping because pe0ple can't do that. My children thought it was weird that the book did that as well.

[Crystal Gill-Meighan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the cutest, suspensful book for children. You think it's all scary because of the title, but it's the cutest book about colors. It helps with children's memory as well by remembering each feature on the monster at the end.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

With the turn of each page, more and more of the little green monster is revealed. Then halfway through, the stars come out and more and more of the little green monster is put to bed.

[Anthony Ledford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book for teaching parts of the body.

[Ashley Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

We get to know Little Green Monster a little more with every page. Colorful fun for early readers.

[DiAnne Warfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

PJ story time 7-24-2019

[Our Weekend Is Booked · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one my kiddo picked out based on the cover. A cute book that was interactive and I love when my child is excited to read a book.

[Mine💗 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es rapidísimo de leer, no tarde ni 5 minutos. Es una buena lectura para los niños (incluye descripciones y es realmente bueno para que los pequeños aprendan a hacerlo).

[The Transmuted Tree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Red 3rd

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every kid in my life has loved Go Away, Big Green Monster. This one is just as good- would love to see it in board book form.

[Little Seesaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute little companion read for Go Away Big Green Monster. Go Away Big Green Monster was always being read at our house. Very cute book.

[skcocnaH · Rating 2 out of 5]

Usually die cut books are fun, but this one was really lacking in the story department. This one is cuter than the older monster version, so there’s that at least.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet night time book. We liked practicing colors and counting the stars. I was disappointed that they didn’t include the numeral to match the number of stars.

[The Half-blood Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creative interactive children's book.

[Grayson Butcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This might go down as one of his all time favorites lol

[Parker Riley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read with my sister!

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.75

[Tracy Mabry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sooooo cuuuuuute!
Would be perfect for Halloween (great for Color Our World 2025 too!).

[Cara Byrne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had no expectation of liking this book, but my daughter and I loved it! The reveal on each page was so smart and so well done. I look forward to teaching this in my picture book course as well as reading it to my little ones before bed!