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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite books as a child. I don't know how many times I must've read &quot;There's a Monster in My Closet.&quot; I forgot all about it until last month when I went to the University of Washington's library collection of children's literature and saw it there. Flipping through the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21639474">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh! to be four years old again!<br/><br/>This is the story of a little boy who just knows he has a monster in his closet.  The monster is a Nightmare, and when the little boy has had enough, he wages war with him, donning his soldier hat and a cork pop gun for protection.  When he turns out the li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53408213">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Go away nightmare or I'll shoot you!&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;I shot him anyway...&quot;<br/><br/>Love it.  Read it and be five again, if only for a brief moment.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mostly it's Harriet who likes Mercer Mayer's books but There's a Nightmare in My Closet has a monster and a happy ending, two things that make for a perfect book for him.<br/><br/>There's a Nightmare in My Closet reminds me of Monsters Inc. if it were told from Boo's point of view. The setting is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76178938">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK, I'll admit it. I think what made me like the book so much was the toy cannon. So cute and tiny next to this boy ready to wage war on the nightmare. Something tells me this is another book I read somewhere in the past. But as I could not remember it thoroughly, it was like reading it for the firs...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45273337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm breaking my no-kids books rule, because I have been reading this book to my 23 month old every single day, 10 times a day, for at least a week.  We love Mercer Mayer and his monster books.  This one a boy is scared of the nightmare in his closet, but decides to just face it and ends up not being...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40432172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Little Critter thinks he has monsters in his closet. He thinks up these monsters in his head. His imagination creates them. Mom and Dad help Little Critter see that there are no more monsters. <br/><br/>I really enjoyed this book because it had great illistrations. I would use this book to teach a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74225657">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a little boy that thinks there is a monster in his closet.  He decides to face his fears one night and tries to protect himself with his pop gun. He also finds out something unusual about this closet monster. This book is really short and easy reading for anyone that is just start...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52447807">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This classic tries to get kids to realize that if they face their fears, they'll learn there wasn't anything to worry about. A little boy has a monster, a.k.a. nightmare, living in his closet. He decides to get rid of it, and scares the nightmare so badly that it won't stop crying. So he tucks it in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24545114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was great. The illustrations are consistent with Mayer's books, wonderful! This can be used for younger grades when there may be students who struggle with being afraid. This can be used during October to spark stories about fears and scary things. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite Mercer Mayer books when I taught school, so I enjoyed rereading it today. The little boy's bravery (and costume!) in conquering the nightmare in his closet is very cute, and the illustrations are charming.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember this one from when I was little. I think I liked it then, and I like it now. It’s short and direct and satisfying. The gun, even though it’s a cork gun, is kind of shocking to see in a picture book now.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  This is an adorable story about a little boy who conquers his fears of the dark and the monster (nightmare) in his closet. When the nightmare comes out of the closet, he confronts him and he begins to cry. Then the two become friends. <br/>  I think a lot of kids could relate to this book because...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24386178">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I teach this book when I teach my students the levels of questioning...and you'd be surprised about the LARGE questions I get about nightmares students had as children (and into today). :)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[great book.  maybe paired with Where the Wild Things Are and Bedtime in the Swamp...a very cool nighttime/monster THEME THEME THEME.  (are you reading this Z!?!!?)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic of course. As a child, I read it and re-read it. The illustrations probably had as much of an impact on me as the writing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love this one and <em>There's an Alligator Under My Bed</em>!  So cute and a good way to talk about imagination with kids.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another FAVORITE! Mercer Mayer is classic! Some of my kids are SO ENGAGED with this book. It really comes to life for them!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saw this in a book store...loved this book as a kid.  The greatest attribute about books is that they are timeless.]]></body>
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