Synopses & Reviews
Best-selling Taiwanese illustrator Jimmy Liao teams up with renowned British author Joyce Dunbar to present a fantastical, heartwarming tale.Why cant Jo-Jo go to sleep? He doesnt like the darkness under the bed — a monster might be hiding there. And one is! It's a tiny speck of a monster with a huge appetite for darkness, gobbling it up under the bed, in every nook and cranny, and in the wide world outside, growing bigger with every bite. Soon there is no darkness left anywhere, from the earth to the stars. All the world is light, but the monster still has an empty feeling inside. Only a sleepless boy will help him be fulfilled at last.
Review
"Schneider is on a roll. Following a Geisel Award for
Tales for Very Picky Eaters and a hilarious tale of just deserts in
The Meanest Birthday Girl, he upends the classic monster-under-the-bed story."
and#8212;Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Arnold's playful imagination is evident in Schneider's watercolor, pen-and-ink, and colored pencil illustrations, and his bravery becomes obvious when he investigates the noises he hears in the night. Use this book for discussions about facing fears."
and#8212;School Library Journal
"Schneider's watercolor creatures are a darling array of beaked, winged, clawed, and blubbered goofballs, supporting the text with just the right brand of off-center quirk."
and#8212;Booklist
"The funny monster names and the sight of them crowded into Arnold's bed will help get scaredy-cats to read this for the first time, and once they've seen how the story turns out, they will want this worthy successor to Mercer Mayer's classic There's a Nightmare in My Closet read over and over again."
and#8212;The Horn Book Magazine
"The real show-stealers here are the monsters themselves, who are mildly frightening with their nasty teeth and horrible claws but hilarious in their worried expressions."
and#8212;Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"A nifty story about the way our imaginations can get the better of us. . .This endearing picture book for 4- to 8-year-olds proves that, among other things, mother is always right."
and#8212;Wall Street Journal
Praise for Tales for Very Picky Eaters
and#8220;Finally, a wonderfully clever book on eating right! Brilliant work from Josh Schneider!and#8221;
and#8212;Portland Book Review and#160; and#8220;Stories with all the wit and good humor parents can often lose during dinner table battles.and#8221;
and#8212;Chicago Tribune and#160; and#8220;Eager and picky eaters alike will enjoy the wordplay and outrageous situations, which create humor from a familiar source of family tension.and#8221;
and#8212;Booklist and#160; and#8220;Wholly fresh and unexpected advice.and#8221;
and#8212;Kirkus and#160; and#8220;Sure to be a crowd pleaser.and#8221;
and#8212;School Library Journal
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Synopsis
A bestselling Taiwanese illustrator teams up with a renowned British author to present a fantastical, heartwarming tale. Full color.
Synopsis
Another hilarious, over-the-top take on a universal childhood issue from Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winner Josh Schneider, this full color 32-page picture book offers a fresh and reassuring look at nighttime fears.
Synopsis
Creaking . . . Squeaking . . .and#160;Gnashing . . . Glinking . . . Under the bed, deep in the closet, behind the radiator . . . the bedtime monsters are stirring, and poor Arnold is too scared to fall asleep. Heand#8217;s powerless to get rid of themand#8212;and they don't seem to be more scared of him than he is of them, no matter what his mother says.and#160;But even the most terrible, horrible monster has to be afraid of something, as Arnold eventually finds out in this empowering tale of harnessing the imagination andand#160;conquering nighttime fears.
About the Author
Josh Schneider is the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning creator of Tales for Very Picky Eaters, The Meanest Birthday Girl, Bedtime Monsters, and Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover.andnbsp;His first book for Clarion, You'll Be Sorry, was named "Book That Provides Best Ammunition to Parents Weary of Warning Their Kids About Socking Their Siblings" by Publishers Weekly magazine. Josh lives in Chicago with his wife, Dana.