Everyone loves The Monster on Top of the Bed because it does much more than banish monsters. It's fun to read and hear. There's even a version without words where children write in their own story.
Low-Quality Video of the Entire Book
This YouTube video lets you peek inside the book and get a feeling for the fun you’ll enjoy. The books and CDs look and sound better.
This book helps kids . . .
Click to peek inside the book The Monster on Top of the Bed
Get a good night’s sleep
Have Fun
Inspiration for drawing: A short video that about Ella, a 7-year old, who was inspired to draw illustrations by the Monster on Top of the Bed.
Make friends easily; and
Understand that friendship conquers fear!
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Click to read the full review of The Monster on Top of the Bed in The Amercian Chronicle
READ, LISTEN, CREATE
There are 5 basic steps to success:
- Read the book to your child
- Use the CD or (downloaded .mp3 files) to listen to the story
- Ask your child to listen to the story being read while you hold the book and read with him or her
- Encourage your child to read the story independently, while listening to the CD or . mp3 files
- Discuss the story with your child.
The Monster on Top of the Bed comes as a big book and a small booklet that fits into a CD case.
It also comes in e-book and an audio book formats.
Watch a short video that conveys the value of The Monster on Top of the Bed
The Monster on Top of the Bed helps children
- Enjoy bedtime;
- Get a good night’s sleep;
- Make friends;
- Realize that friendship banishes many fears;
- Develop a love of reading;
- Develop a love of languages;
- Develop a love of illustration; and
- Appreciate the beauty of other cultures.
The Monster on Top of the Bed helps parents and grandparents
- Sleep in their own bed instead of sleeping with a troubled child;
- Feel empowered because they can help their child avoid bedtime fears; and
- Cure the night fears that often result in screaming and crying.
Reading the full-sized book is fun with several children.
The Monster on Top of the Bed helps educators and homeschoolers
- Motivate children to read;
- Motivate children to illustrate;
- Motivate children to write; and
- Convey a love of languages and other cultures.
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For a limited time, order either the large book or the CD/booklet version of The Monster on Top of the Bed and receive a free download of the .pdf e-book (Adobe Reader) along with a free download of six artists performing the story in English, Spanish and Italian.
Explore the many ways that The Monster on Top of the Bed helps children prosper.
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Bye, Bye Boredom
- An optional accompanying book, My Monster on Top of the Bed, empowers children by showing only the illustrations and encourages the child and their parents to literally write their own story! (You know that they believe a story if they write it!)
- An optional play format makes it easy for children to perform the story at home, or in school.
- An optional Let’s Be Creative subscription that provides e-mails and access to a wide variety of activities based on the various formats of the book, and other activities that foster creativity, in children, tweens, teens and adults.
Click the large blue picture (above) to peek inside the book, or click on one of the small pictures, below to explore the many ways that The Monster on Top of the Bed will benefit you.
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