SOLVED. Smile at the thing in the pool [s]

[Jason]

Hey all! I need help finding an old picture book. It was read to me when I was little in the late 80's.

The main character was an anthropomorphic animal/monster. I want to say it was a porcupine, but it might have been a raccoon or something. Every day, the character would have to walk by a pool (or maybe over a bridge), and he would see a "Thing" in the pool that scared him [SPOILER: his reflection]. He asked lots of other animals/characters how to deal with the "Thing", and they gave him aggressive answers (make a scary face, shake a stick at it), to which the "Thing" always responded in kind. When he finally asks his mom, she tells him to "smile at the thing in the pool", to which the "Thing" also responds in kind, and makes our little protagonist feel better and less scared.

I hope that's useful and not too spoiler-filled.
Thanks in advance!

[Ayshe]

Little Raccoon's Nighttime Adventure by Lilian Moore?
According to review on amazon Little Raccoon And The Thing In The Pool is the original version.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Jason, are you still looking for this or did you find it? Did you check out Ayshe's suggestion?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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