"A lonely guard's love for music leads him to discover what's actually on the other side of the wall he's guarding"--

It is the first day of school at Monster Academy, where all the monsters go, and the lesson for the day involves counting missing teeth, and Vic the vampire is sad because he still has both fangs--until Jo, a troublemaking student who whirls like a dervish but is actually a human, gives him an apple at lunch.

If his mother has made other important mistakes, can Nick trust her word that there are no goblins and such lurking around in the night?

One by one, ten little monsters appear and then disappear from the page.

Two little monsters become close and experience all of the highs and lows of friendship, from laughing and playing to teasing and fighting.

With gentle prodding from the narrator and help from the reader, four monsters are led to face their greatest fear--bubbles.

George wants to build a sand castle that would turn any monster green, but when he meets the strangest creature he has ever seen, the night takes an unexpected turn.

Ben does not want to sleep alone, but when his mother asks which toy he wants to take to bed, she is surprised by his choice.

Gives rhyming instructions for dealing with monsters.

A monstrous mutt terrorizes the residents of Mousopolis.