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Goofy Monster Tales

Not all monsters are scary. Discover some wacky creatures in these playful and amusing picture books.

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  • A young boy discovers that not being afraid of monsters complicates his life when they become a bit too friendly, until he comes up with a solution for dealing with the cast of misbehaving monsters.
    Picture Book, 2014Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights, [2014] — J PICTURE BOOK RIC
  • A group of monsters want to make friends with kids, but the kids are afraid of them despite the monsters' efforts to play, do crafts, and share with the children.
    Picture Book, Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyd Mills Press, [2015] — J PICTURE BOOK RIC
  • With a laugh-out-loud, interactive style, "The Book of Rules" invites you to get your sillies out before it's time to focus and listen to directions. And you better get started, because Dennis can't wait to eat—or, um—meet you.
    Book, 2021New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021 — J PICTURE BOOK GEH
  • Merv, a kind-hearted monster, is labeled a nuisance by the villagers, leading him on a comical journey to seek help from various magical beings who all have unexpected demands that Merv may not be able to meet.
    Picture Book, 2024Atlanta : Peachtree, [2024] — J PICTURE BOOK CEN
  • Invites little monsters to munch, scrunch, gobble and moo their way through imaginative interactions with loved ones before settling down to sleep.
    Picture Book, 2020Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020 — J PICTURE BOOK COU
  • A hungry monster living at the end of the book wakes up and begins to eat the words of the book
    Picture Book, 2022New York : Henry Holt, 2022 — J PICTURE BOOK KIL
  • Takes readers through the bedtime rituals of seven friendly monsters while making each step of the routine a guessing game. Getting ready for bed has never been so much fun!
    Picture Book, 2016New York : Abrams Appleseed, 2016 — J PICTURE BOOK ZEN
  • On a rainy day, Ben is bored and decides to build a fort and is surprised when a monster joins him.
    Picture Book, 2015Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2015 — J PICTURE BOOK KNA
  • In this hilarious, silly take on a monster's first day, Little Ghoul learns that school can be fun for creatures of every kind.
    Picture Book, 2021New York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J PICTURE BOOK CZE
  • Invites young children to explore colorful die-cut spreads depicting an adorable yellow-eyed monster who gets ready to go to sleep as the stars begin to appear in the night sky.
    Picture Book, 2013New York : LB Kids, 2013 — J PICTURE BOOK EMB
  • A monster claims he would never eat a child as the children playing around him suspiciously disappear one by one.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024 — J PICTURE BOOK CUT
  • When monsters invade his peaceful little town, Wally discovers a polite way to calm the chaos and stop them from making a mess of everything.
    Picture Book, 2015New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2015] — J PICTURE BOOK BAI
  • After waiting all year for mango season, Marianne is excited that the mangoes on their tree are ripe and ready to eat. She loves mangoes and plans to eat all of them. But when she and her sidekick cousin Zoe check out the tree, the lower branches…
    Picture Book, 2024Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2024] — J PICTURE BOOK MAS
  • With a perfect balance of giggles and shivers, Ethan meets Gabe, the little green monster that helps him stay under the covers at bedtime.
    Picture Book, 2019Brooklyn, NY : Flashlight Press, 2019 — J PICTURE BOOK NOL
  • A googly-eyed misfit struggles to find a place among the adorable and fluffy residents of Cutesville.
    Picture Book, 2014New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2014 — J PICTURE BOOK BRI
  • My Monster Friends and Me

    a Big Kid's Guide to Things That Go Bump in the Night

    Sarac, Annie,
    A young boy introduces readers to the monsters he once feared, but, through the power of imagination, he now knows are friendly.
    Picture Book, 2020Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Wonderland, [2020] — J PICTURE BOOK SAR
  • Presents a simple song about monsters and how they like to dance.
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — J PICTURE BOOK BER
  • Little monster goes to the park, where he and his friends play on the swings, slides and climbing wall.
    Picture Book, 2016New York : Sterling Children's Books, 2016 — J PICTURE BOOK BAC
  • A funny and endearing tale of friendship between a boy and his monster next door neighbor.
    Picture Book, 2016New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2016] — J PICTURE BOOK SOM
  • Various monsters try their best to be scary in a haunted house, dark forest, and a ghost ship, but they aren't always successful—turns out, they have the same worries as humans and just want a good night's sleep.
    Picture Book, 2021London : Pavilion Children's Books, 2021 — J PICTURE BOOK MCL