Arthur, Bella's very special bear, protects her from monsters while she sleeps, but when Arthur goes missing one night, Bella makes an interesting discovery.

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

"When Kelsey's agoraphobic mother disappears after years of claiming the kidnappers she escaped from were coming back for her, Kelsey quickly discovers that her mother isn't who she thought she was -- and she's not the abductor's only target"--

"Mouse, Pig, Cow, and Duck are playing a carefree game of ball when (horror of horrors!) their ball gets kicked into . . . the doghouse. Who will risk a run-in with scary Dog to get it back? Hysterical high anxiety ensues as Mouse volunteers each animal to do the dirty-work--but you'll never believe what's really going on in the doghouse!" --

A little rabbit knows how it feels to be scared and just what to do to feel better.

Grandfather tells how, when he was a child, he coped with fear during a journey alone through a dark wood to get hot coals to heat the family cabin.

The sister of the Three Little Pigs comes to visit and tries to persuade her brothers, who have been hermits since an episode with a wolf, to overcome their fears and go outside.

Afraid to dive into the big blue sea with his mother to look for food, Little Otter drifts further and further from shore, and everyone he meets leaves him alone when they go to find help.

Bugbear and Bugaboo are creatures who like to play scary tricks on children, until the night they get scared themselves.

Katie is afraid of the bear that lives under the stairs in her house, until they exchange letters and she finally gets to meet him.