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Only Nice Monsters Allowed Here

Do you ever wonder if monsters are simply misunderstood? Enjoy these lower elementary books featuring not-so-scary monsters who have good hearts and a lot of personality.

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  • Maya is looking forward to a summer full of cooking and mixing in the kitchen, but when her dad's girlfriend registers her for culinary summer camp, she soon learns she is the only human at a camp full of vampires.
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : RH Graphic, [2024] — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL SUMMER VAMP
  • Snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
    Book, 2007New York : Puffin Books, 2007 — JFICTION DAHL
  • Batcat loves being all alone in their home on Spooky Island. Up in their tree house, they pass the time playing video games and watching TV. But when Batcat suddenly finds themself haunted by an annoying, ice cream-stealing ghost, they visit the…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Amulet Books, 2023 — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL BATCAT
  • For fans of Amulet and middle grade readers who love sweeping worlds like Star Wars, the first book of the Lightfall series introduces Bea and Cad, two unlikely friends who get swept up in an epic quest to save their world from falling into eternal…
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : HarperAlley, [2020] — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL LIGHTFALL
  • Join Scaredy Monster as he overcomes his fears of losing a tooth, riding a bike, and going to his first sleepover. With some help from Mommy Monster, Scaredy discovers he's much braver than he thought, and he finds ways to feel safe and happy while…
    Easy Reader, 2020Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2020] — J READER HAS
  • Before she moves away to a new city, Penny wants to prove that she was truly saved from drowning by the Bawk-ness Monster but instead must rescue kidnapped cryptids from an evil collector along with Luc and K.
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : First Second, 2023 — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL BAWK-NESS MONSTER
  • When Zellidora "Zelli" Stormclash seeks answers to her true lineage, she embarks on a dangerous adventure.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — JFICTION ROUX
  • Although Wolfy, Franky, and Vampyra are children of classic monsters, all they want to do is help those in need and make friends, so they join the Junior Monster Scouts with the hopes of helping their community.
    Book, 2019New York : Aladdin, 2019 — JFICTION MCGEE
  • It was supposed to just be a normal basement--some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : First Second, 2023 — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL THINGS IN THE BASEMENT
  • Norm is worried about fitting in at Camp Moonlight, but he and his friends must work together to earn their canoeing certification without disturbing the lake monster. This is Book 1 in the Creature Campers series.
    Easy Reader, 2019Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2019] — J READER MCG
  • Sophie, a young witch, is sent to live with her relatives to improve her magic, but when a spell she tries goes wrong, she meets a water dragon trapped on land who can't remember where he came from and Sophie must decide if she is going to help him,…
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL TIDESONG
  • Hugo is a young Sasquatch who longs for adventure. Boone is young boy who longs to see a Sasquatch. When their worlds collide, they become the unlikeliest pair of best friends.
    Book, 2018New York : Amulet Books, 2018 — JFICTION POTTER
  • Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses appear and insist on taking Kinjal and his twin…
    Book, 2023New York : Scholastic Press, 2023 — JFICTION DASGUPTA
  • On Bimbling Day, when young Sasquatches hope to earn the right to explore the North Woods on their own, Hugo, Boone, and Gigi become stranded and encounter strange and mysterious creatures.
    Book, 2021New York : Amulet Books, 2021 — JFICTION POTTER