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There's a Monster in Your Book
Written by Tom Fletcher
Illustrated by Greg Abbott
New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2017. Picture Book.

UH OH! There's a MONSTER in YOUR book! Shake, wiggle, and tickle the monster out in this interactive bedtime read-aloud that launched the Who's In Your Book series! --Publisher
Written by Brooke Hartman
Illustrated by Anna Süßbauer
Salem, MA: Page Street Publishing Co., 2023. Picture Book.

Warning readers who dare to open the book that there is a lion hiding inside, this surprising story helps them discover what is really lurking in the pages of this interactive adventure. --Publisher

Written by Kerri Kokias
Illustrated by Marcus Cutler
Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2021. Picture Book.

In this playful and interactive "quiz," readers are asked a series of seemingly straightforward questions about themselves, only to have the questions turned around into something hilarious and absurd. All sorts of fantastical possibilities are suggested -- could you be a unicorn? A mermaid? A werewolf? -- before settling in on the most fantastic creature of all -- "YOU! --Publisher

Written by Sally Nicholls
Illustrated by Bethan Woollvin
Toronto: Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, 2019. Picture Book.

Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things! From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there's even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day. A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the perfect interactive book for storytime (and bedtime!). --Publisher

By Christie Matheson
New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. Picture Book.

Plant a seed to watch it grow. Press on the cloud to make it rain. Jiggle the book to scatter the seeds. Interactive text teaches very young children how flowers sprout and mature. Contains watercolor depictions of a flower in various stages of growth. --Publisher

Written by Erin Guendelsberger
Illustrated by AndoTwin
Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Wonderland, 2021. Picture Book.

Can you convince this sleepy sloth it's time for bed? In this playful story, an adorable but stubborn sloth insists she's not tired enough to say goodnight! Following the sloth's bedtime routine, children and families will delight in the interactive experience they'll want to read again and again. You could try singing a lullaby, clapping off the lights, or tapping the book to help this little sloth fall asleep in this fun goodnight read aloud, but she promises it won't work. She's still...not...sleepy... --Publisher

By Kara Kramer
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. Picture Book.

The reader becomes the storyteller in this funny, interactive picture book. Tell me a story--a new one--and make it about a ______! --Publisher

By Hervé Tullet
San Francisco, California : Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books, 2016. Picture Book.

A lively yellow dot leads the reader through a journey through color, shape, and a child's imagination. --Publisher

By David Sundin
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. Picture Book.

A humorous interactive story about a book that does not want to be read and will do just about anything it can to make you give up and put it down. --Publisher
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