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Children's Booklist - Fears, Worries & Insecurities


Title: Monster brother
Author: Mary Jane Auch
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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.