Off the Library Shelf: New & Recommended Books

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Friday, October 19, 2007

A Child's Guide to Common Household Monsters by James Otis Thach

A Child’s Guide to Common Household Monsters, by James Otis Thach, reviewed by Cheryl Kay,Hoyt Library Children’s Department
(Front Street, 2007, $16.96, unpaged)
Recommended for 4 – 8 year olds.

Children know that there are monsters in the house. They can hear them late at night when they are all alone. The monsters that live under their beds are one that eat their missing socks. And the monsters in the closet hide and play with all their missing toys. But are they scary monsters? In this warm and lyrical book, a young child finds each of the whimsical monsters that are hiding throughout her house are really hiding from her and each other. Children will be delighted to know that monsters can be scared too. It’s a silly and only slightly spooky story of night-time monsters.

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