Birthday Monsters

From the one and only Sandra Boynton comes a celebratory board book about a madcap crew of lovable birthday party crashers. You hear the door come crashing down—those birthday monsters are in town! Featuring Boynton’s irresistible rhyming text and delightful illustrations, these creatures are going to wreak havoc in the most extraordinarily rude ways, making every celebration truly unforgettable! Five Birthday Monsters barge right in and yell, “It’s Morning! Let’s Begin!”

Join Mike and Sulley from Disney/Pixar Monsters, Inc., and Monsters University for a monster birthday bash in this Step 2 Step into Reading story! Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love learning to read on their own with this leveled reader.

“A humorous—and richly illustrated—book full of quirky monsters. SanCartier’s creatures are somehow both cute and terrifying.” —USA Today Meet the world’s most unusual monsters in this darkly funny collection of creatures and cryptids from folkloric history. Illustrator Emma SanCartier captures the bizarre and hilarious elements of seventeen monsters from around the world in a light, tongue-in-cheek tone, from the Japanese dream-eater Baku and the Persian carnivorous unicorn Shadhavar to the Eastern European Shurale, a literal tickle monster. Illustrated in lush watercolor, Monsters You Should Know is a perfect primer for the many strange, frightening, and compelling things that go bump in the night. “An important book on monsters you should know about, mostly because it turns out they’re really cute.” —Buzzfeed

Ben throws a surprise birthday party for his friend and fellow monster, Doris, complete with dancing, snacks, games, and presents.

That time of year is finally here: Monster's birthday has arrived! But when none of his friends can attend his party, it's up to Boy to cheer him up. With pirates, prizes, and playful rhyme, this story is sure to surprise readers until the very last page.

Unable to help himself, Cookie Monster eats the cake he'd baked to serve at his birthday party, but his friends come through with appropriate presents so all the guests can be fed.

With her best friend, Kovit's, life in danger, Nita is determined to take down the black market once and for all.

Trick or treat? With nods to Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, and Neil Gaiman, this humorous picture book about a Victorian boy obsessed with monsters presents a dark and appealing world, created by debut author/illustrator Sam Streed. In the graveyard, between stone monuments for forgotten souls, lurks the Black Shuck. . . . Its one blood-red eye burns with an undying rage. After reading about the slimy Nixie, the angry Black Shuck, and the creepy Lantern Man in his beloved Book of Monsters, Alfred decides to invite the monsters to teatime with his crusty old aunty, who thinks monsters are an improper obsession for a respectable young boy.