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October 2026
Monsters
There's a Monster in Your Book: A Funny Monster Book for Kids and Toddlers by Tom Fletcher
There's a Monster in Your Book: A Funny Monster Book for Kids and Toddlers
by Tom Fletcher

UH OH! There's a MONSTER in YOUR book!  This inviting and interactive read-aloud will have kids tilting, spinning, and shaking the book to get the adorable little monster out!
D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll
D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet
by Amanda Noll

When Ethan can't sleep, he doesn't count sheep -- he says his ABCs. But in monster-loving Ethan's alphabet, A is for Arms, B is for Belly, C is for Claws, and D is for Drool!
Let's Play Monsters! by Lucy Cousins
Let's Play Monsters!
by Lucy Cousins

Little Gabriel loves to play monsters. And his family is happy to oblige, from Josie the hungry beast (munch, crunch, scrunch!) to Uncle Rufus with horns and a tail (oink, oink, moo!), and even Nonna the jelly monster (I'll gobble you up!). But what happens when Mom-the-monster comes to eat Gabriel up when it's time for bed?
The Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays by Jon Stahl
The Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays
by Jon Stahl

A playful, interactive and laugh-out-loud-funny picture book with a deliciously hilarious ending! Once upon a time, begins the big blue monster who is trying to tell a fabulous story. It needs to be about a kid who is eaten by a dragon, he insists, but his little monster friend is not convinced that this is a good idea.
Flip Flap Halloween: A Spooky Split Page Book! by Becky Davies
Flip Flap Halloween
by Becky Davies

Turn the three split pages on every spread to see which spooky character is hiding in the creepy clock and who is behind the cobwebs. With text that transforms for read-aloud fun!
Booook! a Spooky High-Contrast Book: Halloween High-Contrast Baby Board Book by Duopress Labs
Booook! a Spooky High-Contrast Book
by Jannie Ho

In high-contrast images, all the characters of Halloween are introduced.

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