Go to Sleep, Little Creep by David Quinn
Published by Crown BFYR on July 24th 2018
ISBN: 1101939443
Pages: 32
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Some of the most adorable monsters in picture book history inhabit this rhyming picture book by Quinn and Spires. Perfect for a Halloween read-aloud or any old bedtime where a good baby monster is appreciated. Quinn’s rhyme is a bit cutesy, but it works in a story aimed at lulling listeners at the end of the day. And Spires takes the text to the next level with fantastic touches in her illustrations like pictures on Baby Godzilla’s wall of buildings aflame and a portrait of Uncle Igor hanging in the home of the Frankensteins. She even manages to capture a feeling of diversity within some of the monster families (the werewolves and zombies). The page of terrible things baby monsters dream of is worth the price of the book. There are many bedtime books out there and many Halloween-themed books, but if you have the funds to pick this one up for your library, it should circulate as often as a baby monster looks at its father with a book in its hands and says, “again?”.  

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth