![]() | Title: Monster brother Author: Mary Jane Auch Summary: |
Title: Who's afraid of the dark? Author: Crosby Bonsall Summary: A small boy projects his fear of the dark onto his dog. | |
Title: Switch on the night Author: Ray Bradbury Summary: A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark is introduced to a whole new world by a little girl named Dark. | |
Title: Ghost's hour, spook's hour Author: Eve Bunting Summary: Scary incidents at midnight give Biff the dog and his master a frightening time but all turn out to have good explanations. | |
![]() | Title: Go away monsters, lickety split! Author: Nancy Evans Cooney Summary: Jeff is afraid of the monsters that might be lurking in the dark when he goes to bed, until his new kitten shows him the way to be brave. |
![]() | Title: Clyde Monster Author: Robert L. Crowe Summary: A young monster is afraid of the dark because he believes that a person may be lurking under the bed or in a corner. |
Title: Simon's book Author: Henrik Drescher Summary: Simon flees from a friendly monster with the aid of some drawing pens and a bottle of ink. | |
Title: Go away, big green monster! Author: Ed Emberley Summary: Die-cut pages through which bits of a monster are revealed are designed to help a child control nighttime fears of monsters. | |
Title: Leonard Author: Wolf Erlbruch Summary: Leonard, who loves dogs but is rather afraid of them, asks a fairy to turn him into a dog so that he can undergo the canine experience himself. | |
Title: Rain song Author: Lezlie Evans Summary: A summer thunderstorm approaches bringing with it all the rain, thunder, lightning and excitement a storm can bring. | |
Title: Harry and the terrible whatzit Author: Dick Gackenbach Summary: When his mother goes to the cellar and doesn't return right away, Harry goes down to search for her and confronts the terrible two-headed Whatzit. | |
Title: Night in the barn Author: Faye Gibbons Summary: Four boys set out to prove they are not afraid to spend the night in the big, cold, dark barn. | |
![]() | Title: The great big scary dog Author: Libby Gleeson Summary: Jen decides to deal with her fear of a big dog by scaring him back, but her attempt has an unexpected result. |
Title: Dear bear Author: Joanna Harrison Summary: Katie is afraid of the bear that lives under the stairs in her house, until they exchange letters and she finally gets to meet him. | |
Title: Dog Donovan Author: Diana Hendry Summary: The Donovans are afraid of so many things that the family gets a dog from the animal shelter to protect them. | |
Title: Lester's dog Author: Karen Hesse Summary: A boy overcomes his fear of Lester's fierce dog when he has to protect an abandoned kitten. | |
![]() | Title: Little Rabbit goes to sleep Author: Tony Johnston Summary: A little rabbit cannot fall asleep because he finds the night dark and scary, but when he watches it with his grandfather he sees it full of stars and crickets and moon. |
![]() | Title: Harry's stormy night Author: Una Leavy Summary: When a big storm knocks out their electricity, Harry's family sings and tells stories by candlelight. |
Title: Froggy learns to swim Author: Jonathan London Summary: Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkle, and mask, help him learn to swim. | |
Title: There's a nightmare in my closet Author: Mercer Mayer Summary: Childhood fear of the dark and the resulting exercise in imaginative exaggeration are given that special Mercer Mayer treatment in this dryly humorous fantasy.--School Library Journal. Full-color illustrations. | |
Title: There's something in my attic Author: Mercer Mayer Summary: Convinced there is something making noise in the attic at night, a brave little girl sneaks up the stairs, lasso in hand, to capture whatever it is. | |
![]() | Title: Once when I was scared Author: Helena Clare Pittman Summary: Grandfather tells how, when he was a child, he coped with fear during a journey alone through a dark wood to get hot coals to heat the family cabin. |
Title: Thunder cake Author: Patricia Polacco Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms. | |
Title: What's under my bed? Author: James Stevenson Summary: Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime. | |
Title: Storm in the night Author: Mary Stolz Summary: While sitting through a fearsome thunderstorm that has put the lights out, Thomas hears a story from Grandfather's boyhood, when Grandfather was afraid of thunderstorms. | |
Title: My mama says there aren't any zombies, ghosts, vampires, creatures, demons, monsters, fiends, goblins, or things. Author: Judith Viorst Summary: If his mother has made other important mistakes, can Nick trust her word that there are no goblins and such lurking around in the night? | |
Title: Can't you sleep, Little Bear? Author: Martin Waddell Summary: When bedtime comes Little Bear is afraid of the dark, until Big Bear brings him lights and love. | |
Title: Edward in deep water Author: Rosemary Wells Summary: Edward, a shy young bear, is not ready for birthday pool parties with high-spirited, grade-school bears. | |
![]() | Title: The monster storm Author: Jeanne Willis Summary: A little monster is afraid of a thunderstorm, so he goes outside and tries to scare it away. |
![]() | Title: Maggie and the monster Author: Elizabeth Winthrop Summary: Maggie wants to get rid of the monster that visits her room every night and accepts her mother's suggestion to simply ask the monster what it wants. |
![]() | Title: Matthew Jackson meets the wall Author: Patricia Reilly Giff Summary: Maggie wants to get rid of the monster that visits her room every night and accepts her mother's suggestion to simply ask the monster what it wants. |
Title: Pinky and Rex go to camp Author: James Howe Summary: Although his best friend Rex is excited about going to camp, Pinky is afraid of leaving home. | |
![]() | Title: Herbie Jones and the dark attic Author: Suzy Kline Summary: Herbie's friend Ray and some classmates in his fourth-grade reading group help him adjust when he moves into a new bedroom in the attic. |
Title: The fear place Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Summary: When he and his older brother Gordon are left camping alone in the Rocky Mountains, twelve-year-old Doug faces his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon--with the help of a cougar. | |
![]() | Title: Fire diary Author: Lily Rosenblatt Summary: With the help of her school counselor, nine-year-old April learns to deal with her fears after her house burns down. |
![]() | Title: Afraid Author: Janine Amos Summary: Tony is afraid of the dark, Rosa is being bullied, and Simon is afraid of dogs. This book shows how they get over their fears. |