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Fear of Dark: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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CLOSE YOUR EYES; by Jean Marzollo; Dial Press, 
1978                                                     2-5 

THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE SPOOKY OLD TREE; by 
Stan and Jan Berenstain; Random, 1978                    2-6 

SWEET DREAMS: A LIFT-THE-FLAP BEDTIME STORY; by Sue 
Porter; DK Publishing/distributed by Houghton 
Mifflin, 1996                                            ---

THERE'S A NIGHTMARE IN MY CLOSET; by Mercer 
Mayer; Dial Books, 1968                                  3-6 

BEDTIME FOR FRANCES; by Russell Hoban; Harper 
and Row, 1960                                            3-7 

WHO'S AFRAID OF THE DARK?; by Crosby Bonsall; 
Harper and Row, 1980                                     3-7 

BUTTERMILK; by Stephen Cosgrove; Price Stern 
Sloan, 1986                                              3-8 

DARKNESS AND THE BUTTERFLY; by Ann Grifalconi; 
Little Brown, 1987                                       3-8 

BIG, SCARY WOLF; by Harvey Stevenson; Clarion 
Books, 1997                                              4-6 

GO AWAY, BIG GREEN MONSTER!; by Ed Emberley;  
Little, Brown, 1992                                      4-6 

POOH'S BAD DREAM; by  Kathleen W. Zoehfeld, 
Robin Cuddy (illustrator); Disney Press, 1998            4-6 

SCARED OF THE DARK; by Liza Alexander; Western, 
1986                                                     4-6 

BORIS AND THE MONSTERS; by Elaine Willoughby; 
Houghton Mifflin, 1980                                   4-7 

THE SOMETHING; by Natalie Babbitt; Farrar, 
Strauss and Giroux, 1970                                 4-8 

TEDDY BEAR TEARS; by Jim Aylesworth, Jo Ellen 
McAllister-Stammen (illustrator);  Atheneum Books 
for Young Readers, 1997                                  4-8

THE MONSTER IN THE THIRD DRESSER DRAWER; by 
Janice Lee Smith; Harper and Row, 1981                   5-8 

SIXTH GRADE SLEEPOVER; by Eve Bunting; Penguin, 
1986                                                    9-11 

NO MORE MONSTERS IN THE CLOSET: TEACHING YOUR 
CHILDREN TO OVERCOME EVERYDAY FEARS AND PHOBIAS; 
by Jeffrey L. Brown, M.D.; Crown Pub, 1995 (ISBN: 
0517881837)                                            Adult 

MONSTERS UNDER THE BED AND OTHER CHILDHOOD FEARS: 
HELPING YOUR CHILD OVERCOME ANXIETIES, FEARS, AND 
PHOBIAS; by Stephen W. Garber, Ph.D.; Villard 
Books, 1993 (ISBN: 0679408584) (out of print; 
please check with your local library)                  Adult
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Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems