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Conquer Monster Fears

Books that would be empowering for a toddler who is having monster problems.

Bump in the night
Bump in the night
by Edward Hemingway
Go away, big green monster!
Go away, big green monster!
by Ed Emberley
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
If you're a monster and you know it
If you're a monster and you know it
by Rebecca Emberley
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
jeremy draws a monster
jeremy draws a monster
by Peter McCarty
Jibberwillies at night
Jibberwillies at night
by Rachel Vail
Jumpy Jack & Googily
Jumpy Jack & Googily
by Meg Rosoff
Your pal Mo Willems presents Leonardo the terrible monster
Your pal Mo Willems presents Leonardo the…
by Mo Willems
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Let's play in the forest while the wolf is not around
Let's play in the forest while the wolf is…
by Claudia Rueda
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo
by Julia Donaldson
The monster who ate darkness
The monster who ate darkness
by Joyce Dunbar
The monster returns
The monster returns
by Peter McCarty
The monster who lost his mean
The monster who lost his mean
by Tiffany Strelitz Haber
The sandman : the story of Sanderson Mansnoozie
The sandman : the story of Sanderson…
by William Joyce
The Patterson puppies and the midnight monster party
The Patterson puppies and the midnight…
by Leslie Patricelli
There's a nightmare in my closet
There's a nightmare in my closet
by Mercer Mayer
Where the wild things are.
Where the wild things are.
by Maurice Sendak
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
What was I scared of? : a glow-in-the-dark encounter
What was I scared of? : a glow-in-the-dark…
by Dr Seuss
Who is there?
Who is there?
by Carole Lexa Schaefer
The monster at the end of this book : featuring Grover, a Jim Henson Muppet, as performed on Sesame Street by Frank Oz
The monster at the end of this book :…
by Jon Stone
Tickle monster
Tickle monster
by Édouard Manceau
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