An older sister encourages her younger brother, Carlos, to watch a fascinating lightning storm.

Relates the things that can frighten children and how these fears may be overcome.

A genuine, creepy-crawly, blood-chilling, spine-tingling Bogeyman, who lives under beds, reveals something he soon regrets.

As Susan takes her bath and then goes to bed, she is disturbed by a sequence of troublesome and scary creatures.

Splat is worried because Spike, who does not like him, will be coming over after school, and things only get worse when he learns that his class is going to begin swimming lessons.

"Getting George to sleep is a nightmare. But getting a monster to sleep? That's an adventure."--Inside book jacket.

In a corn field stands a scarecrow called Scaredycrow who is as afraid of all the animals he sees as they are afraid of him--but one little brown field mouse is not scared.

In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.

Lance Cottonwood is the best and brightest in his class, but when it is time for his final exam, he is afraid to fall like the rest of the leaves.

"Humphrey goes on a backyard camping adventure with his classmates and meets all kinds of outdoor creatures--even some scary ones"--