What Do Monsters Do Tonight?

Many years ago, when my daughter was just a small child, the nightly ritual started at least 30 minutes before bedtime. To calm her worries that there were "monsters" in her room, I would check every place in the room that they could hide-in the closet, in the toybox, under the bed, etc. to show her there were no monsters. Finally, one day after a long hard day of being a mom I just agreed with her that there are monsters but they couldn't possibly come to her room that night because they were too busy doing their own things and living their own lives. It worked!! The ritual went from checking to see if they were there, to a simple question as I tucked her in. "Mommy, what do monsters do tonight?" Thus was born the book of the same title. Told in verse with vivid, adorable illustrations, the 'ritual' has become a tradition in our family and I hope it will in yours as well.