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A young girl named Benita is so engrossed in the book she is reading that she isn't frightened by Cuco, the monster who enters her window. Cuco calls on other Peruvian monsters to help him, but Benita hushes them in order to keep reading. The monsters want to know what reading a book means, and Benita begins to read stories to them. Includes information on creatures from Peruvian folktales, and on the country of Peru.
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"Tiger is a very lucky kid: she has a monster living under her bed. Every night, Tiger and Monster play games until it's time for lights out. Of course, Monster would never try to scare Tiger--that's not what best friends do. But Monster needs to scare someone...it's a monster, after all. So while Tiger sleeps, Monster scares all of her nightmares away. Thanks to her friend, Tiger has nothing but good dreams. But waiting in the darkness is a nightmare...