Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed

Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed
By:  Barbara Park
Illustrated By:  Denise Brunkus
Book Series
Random House
Copyright 1997

                                                Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed

     As parents start to have their children sleep in their rooms, on their own, it is very common for the children to fear that there is a monster hiding in their room. For this reason I think this book is relatable for many children and parents. In fact, any babysitter would laugh out loud at this book as they think of how many times they have put children to sleep and needed to explain that there are no such things as monsters.
    Junie B. finds out from her friend that there is a monster that lives under her bed and leaves drool on her pillow in the morning. She tells Junie B. that the reason Junie B. cannot see the monster is because it turns invisible any time a human tries to look for it. It ends with the grandmother doing whatever it takes to get Junie B. to understand that there is no monster under the bed. This this case, she needed to vacuum the monster up and run over the vacuum bag with her car.