cover image A World Full of Monsters

A World Full of Monsters

John Troy McQueen. HarperCollins Publishers, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-06-029769-5

Kids learn to greet their fears with a hearty howdy-do in A World Full of Monsters (1986) by John Troy McQueen, illus. by Marc Brown. Brown's humorous illustrations portray monsters as local firefighters, farmers and ballerinas. ""When you saw one, you just said, `Hi, Monster,' and kept on walking."" (HarperCollins, $15.95 32p ages 4-up ISBN 0-06-029769-7; Sept.)