cover image The Kissing Monster

The Kissing Monster

Marion Dane Bauer. Little Simon, $5.99 (16pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84899-5

A girl creeps past cupboards, closets and more in The Kissing Monster: A Lift-the-Flap Story by Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by Kathy Couri. ""There's a kissing monster in the house that's going to get you, I think. It could be hiding inside the cupboard. It might be below the sink."" A pop-up surprise greets the child in the end. (Apr.)