Doreen Mulryan

Avery doesn't like bedtime so she asks her mom about the different kind of monsters and if they sleep. Which in turn her mom has an answer to each question. Ghosts sleep in mansion, vampires during the day etc. At the end Avery learns that the monsters are not scary and are not under her bed as they all tell her good night at the end. Children should watch for the little dog and cat throughout the story who are having little adventures.
This story is told through a variety of images, text and speech bubbles and certainly makes the monsters seem much less frightening! Aimed at children aged 3 to 7 years old, the images which were bright and fun will also help them relate to the message that monsters aren’t so bad, after all.

The one part I noticed immediately as I read the book, was that her mother told her Vampires sleep in the day, then said all the monsters were asleep at night. A bright child would pick up on that right away.

Thank you Netgalley and Capstone for a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.… (plus d'informations)

When Avery is sent to bed on Halloween night, having been assured that all the monsters have also gone to bed, and that she has nothing to fear, the young girl just isn't sure. She gets out of bed to interrogate her mother, running through a list of creatures, from werewolves to vampires, and asking if they too have bedtimes. Her mother reassures her on each score, and Avery eventually returns to bed, no longer afraid of the creatures of the night...

Although I do appreciate the unique approach to the classic bedtime reassurance tale taken by author/illustrator Doreen Mulryan Marts in Even Monsters Say Goodnight, somehow the end product just didn't make that strong of an impression upon me, for either good or ill. Assuaging childhood fears of monsters by telling the child in question that those monsters also have to go to bed is not a method I have seen before, so kudos for that. Unfortunately, I found the text itself rather uninspiring, and didn't understand why the mother told Avery that vampires sleep during the day, on one page, but assured her on the next that ALL the creatures would be asleep at the same time that she (Avery) was, during the nighttime. Leaving aside that small contradiction, I also wasn't that impressed by the artwork here, finding it rather flat and unappealing. I can see why some readers would find this cute, but overall it isn't one I'd recommend.… (plus d'informations)