Source: From Netgalley and First Second Books in exchange for an honest review. This in no way alters my opinions or review.
Publisher: First Second Books
Publication Date: November 6, 2018
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Tiger is a very lucky kid: she has a monster living under her bed. Every night, Tiger and Monster play games until it’s time for lights out. Of course, Monster would never try to scare Tiger—that’s not what best friends do.
But Monster needs to scare someone…it’s a monster, after all. So while Tiger sleeps, Monster scares all of her nightmares away. Thanks to her friend, Tiger has nothing but good dreams. But waiting in the darkness is a nightmare so big and mean that Monster can’t fight it alone. Only teamwork and a lot of bravery can chase this nightmare away.
In this charming graphic novel for young readers, cartoonist Emily Tetri proves that unlikely best friends can be an unbeatable team, even against the scariest monsters.
Review:
Tiger has a great set up - she has a monster friend how hangs out at night and they get to play together and then when she goes to sleep the monster will scare off any bad dreams and other monsters. Sounds like all sorts of fun and good planning. One night a nightmare gets though and together they have to defeat it.
This is such a cute story. I love the story of befriending a monster and them being helpful, it is a creative spin on the monster under the bed tale that scares so many little ones.
The monster and Tiger have to work through a problem together and they do so in a wonderful way that is beautifully illustrated but also has focus in friendship, helping and knowing your fears and that you can overcome them. Overall this was a great book about nightmares (& getting rid of them) and I think it will make a spectacular bedtime story.
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