Children's Books discussion

is my 2.5 year-old son's favorite story right now. He likes the "me need human beans" part the best. What are your favorite MONSTER books?

We watch this on my library's TumbleBook collection. This is really a different topic, but these e-books are the only thing that really keeps his attention. That is a good thing for me, but I don't know about the "media" aspect of the books.

I have never liked monster books all that much, but one monster book I adored and still love (even though I have never considered it as such, even when I was a child) is Where the Wild Things Are.

For kids who are afraid of "monsters" there's a cute one called Go Away, Big Green Monster!. It's sort of like a pop up book and as you read the story part of the monster starts to disappear showing kids that you don't need to be afraid of them because they aren't real.

I like go away, big green monster. Monster books are especially fun at Halloween.

is another favorite. I checked it out yesterday to get summer reading points since we own it. Every person who saw it said it was a favorite in their house as well.

Scarlet Monster Lives Here

Go to Bed, Monster!

Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon

The Very Worst Monster

Mostly Monsterly

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster

Just a few. ;-)

I really liked I Need My Monster :-)

I have a post on my blog listing and reviewing quite a few "field guides" to monsters. Most of these would be for kids older than 2.5, but if you're interested you can see the post at my blog Black and White (Words and Pictures.)

A book I just read today, The Monster Bed, by Jeanne Willis, puts a cute reverse spin on the fear. I'm not sure it would be effective for a child who is sure there's a monster under his bed, but it's cute. I like the stuffed monsters in the illustrations, including one from Where the Wild Things Are.

And I recall that There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer was good & probably helpful.

is really fun. I'm going to have a "Friendly Monster" Halloween party this year at the library, so I'm using my son's love of monsters to find books for the program. I forgot about . The real story isn't all cutesy like the Disney version.

I have not read this, but Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich looks fun.

"The Monster at the End of this Book" is a good one.
For those who like Sesame Street.

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich has some creepy black and white illustrations like the movies with characters like Wolfman, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera. It has some really funny read aloud poems that children really would like.

Brenda wrote: "Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich has some creepy black and white illustrations like the movies with characters like Wolfman, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera. It has some really funny r..."

There's also a sequel, Frankenstein Takes the Cake.

Gundula wrote: "There's also a sequel, Frankenstein Takes the Cake."

Defiantly on the list now! Thanks, I so love that book.

My favorite monster books are:

Boris and Bella
Gruesome Guide to World Monsters
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
Where the Wild Things Are
The Beast of Monsieur Racine
Simon's Book
Abiyoyo (Stories to Go!) Paperback
Pat the Beastie

A couple fresh in my mind that weren't mentioned yet are
My Monster Mama Loves Me So
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle