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Monsters in children's books have two jobs: to be scary, and to be manageable. The best monster books do both. They honor the fear and then give children something to do with it. These 0 books range from the gleefully terrifying to the unexpectedly friendly.

Under the bed, in the closet, or maybe they're actually friendly. Books that play with fear and turn it into laughter.

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Monsters Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

1,357 books about monsters

Age

0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Format

Board Books Picture Books Early Readers

Cover of Alphonse, There's Mud on the Ceiling!

Alphonse and Natalie #2

Alphonse, There's Mud on the Ceiling!

For siblings stuck inside on a rainy day or city kids longing for the woods, this story shows how a little imagination c

Cover of Welcome to the Great Scarrier Reef

Welcome to the Great Scarrier Reef

Lagoona Blue and her friends are pulled into a whirlpool that leads to the Great Scarrier Reef, where she must face her

Cover of Monsters Play... Trick or Treat!

Monsters Play #2

Monsters Play... Trick or Treat!

Flavia Z. Drago

Lift the flaps to see what is hiding behind each door on Halloween night, from spooky surprises to sweet treats.

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Cover of Ghoul Power

Monster High: Passport to Reading

When the villainous zombie Moanica D’Kay causes trouble at Monster High, the best ghoulfriends must band together to sav

Cover of Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire

The World of Gustavo #3

Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire

Flavia Z. Drago

Vlad is a truly fabulous vampire, but he hides his healthy rosy cheeks behind dark capes until a friend reveals a colorf

Cover of It's My Birthday!

It's My Birthday!

Billy is acting like a little monster with his new birthday toys until a surprise box of multiplayer games shows him tha

Cover of 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster

10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster

Living with a monster is easy if you follow the rules: they love country-western music, buying gum, and need just the ri

Cover of Hattie and Hudson

Hattie and Hudson

Chris Van Dusen

Explorer Hattie paddles her canoe into the lake and finds a giant, friendly beast, but now she must prove to the scared

Cover of Monster Food

From pears and peaches to chewy chairs and shoes, these silly monsters show off their very unusual appetites in a playfu

Cover of Electrified: Fierce Friends

Electrified: Fierce Friends

Sparks fly at Monster High when a lightning strike supercharges Frankie Stein, but she must fix her glitchy bolts to sto

Cover of Filbert, the Good Little Fiend

Filbert, the Good Little Fiend

Filbert is a fiend who would rather help others than be ghastly, but a chance encounter with a rebellious angel might be

Cover of Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Max sails across the sea to a land where monsters roar their terrible roars. He becomes king of the wild things, but eve

Cover of Catty Noir Finds Her Voice

Monster High: Passport to Reading #3

Catty Noir Finds Her Voice

Pop star Catty Noir heads to Boo York for a comet celebration, hoping a change of scenery will help her find the music i

Cover of Ogres Awake!

Adventures in Cartooning #4

Three massive ogres are asleep right at the doorstep! Join a brave knight, her horse Edward, and a few gnomes as they tr

Cover of Where's My Mummy?

Where's My Mummy?

The night is deep and dark, but Little Baby Mummy just wants to play one more game of hide-and-shriek before Big Mama Mu

Cover of The Very Worst Monster

The Monster Family #1

The Very Worst Monster

Hazel is determined to prove she is the worst monster in the family after her baby brother Billy wins a world-class cont

Cover of Minions: Dracula's Last Birthday

Minions: Dracula's Last Birthday

Kevin, Stuart, and Bob set out on a hilarious global quest to find a new villainous boss, taking them from the snowy Ant

Cover of Monster & Mouse Go Camping

Monster & Mouse #2

Monster & Mouse Go Camping

Deborah Underwood

Camping is fun until a very hungry Monster starts snacking on the equipment, leaving poor Mouse to handle the outdoor mi

Cover of Necks Out for Adventure!

Necks Out for Adventure!

Timothy Basil Ering

While other wiggleskins stay safe in the mud, Edwin is determined to stretch toward the unknown and see what the world h

Cover of The Mist Monster

The Mist Monster

Kirsti Beautyman

Moving to a new house is scary until Penny meets Morris, a gentle monster made of mist who turns her lonely room into a

Cover of Oddly

Three confused and unusual creatures find a sense of belonging when they cross paths with a young runaway boy.

Cover of Hungry Jim

Jim wakes up feeling hungry and remarkably beastly, leading to a wild morning of big moods that only a little understand

Cover of The Odious Ogre

The Odious Ogre

A giant, fearsome ogre has spent years terrorizing the countryside, but his reign of intimidation meets an unexpected ch

Cover of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost

The World of Gustavo #1

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost

Flavia Z. Drago

Gustavo is a shy ghost who loves playing his violin, but he must find a brave way to make the other monsters notice him