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There's a Monster Under My Bed
by
James Howe,
David Rose
There was a monster under his bed. Simon knew it. He could hear him breathing. Maybe more than one. Maybe two. Maybe even three or four. Five monsters crawling up the side of his bed!
Why had he agreed that he didn't need a night light? His younger brother, Alex, had one. What was wrong with a night light?
But there was a flashlight. Did he dare get up and look? And if he
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Published
September 30th 1990
by Aladdin
(first published 1986)
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Summary: Something is under Simon's bed. He can hear it breathing. Is it a monster? Simon has to find out. He shines a flashlight under the bed, to discover that something is hiding there -- but what?
This warm and humorous story will delight any child who has ever envisioned monsters lurking in the bedtime darkness.
Genre: Fictional Picture Book
Reading Level: Transitional, this book has several sentences on each page but the words within the sentence should not be hard for early...more
This warm and humorous story will delight any child who has ever envisioned monsters lurking in the bedtime darkness.
Genre: Fictional Picture Book
Reading Level: Transitional, this book has several sentences on each page but the words within the sentence should not be hard for early...more
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Simon told his mom that he was too old for a nightlight. Now he realizes that maybe he was wrong. He's pretty sure there are monsters under his bed. They are waiting for him to hop out of bed so they can grab him! Wait! There's the flashlight mom left "just in case." Simon can check.
Oooohhhh...there is something under his bed! Wait a minute...you look an awful lot like _______!
Oooohhhh...there is something under his bed! Wait a minute...you look an awful lot like _______!
This book is about a boy who decided he was too old for a nightlight. So his mom doesn't leave it on. He becomes afraid and thinks there is a monster under his bed but is too afraid to look or move. He finally realizes that there is a flashlight next to his bed and looks underneath.
This could be a good book to use to teach children to face their fears.
This could be a good book to use to teach children to face their fears.
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James Howe is the American author of several juvenile and young adult books, including the Bunnicula series, about a vampire-bunny that sucks the juice out of veggies.
At the age of nine or ten, Howe wrote a play based on the "Blondie" comic ...more
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James Howe is the American author of several juvenile and young adult books, including the Bunnicula series, about a vampire-bunny that sucks the juice out of veggies.
At the age of nine or ten, Howe wrote a play based on the "Blondie" comic ...more
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