A fun picture book for young kids, realistically detailing the nice and the challenging aspects of the bedtime routine and how it doesn’t always go to plan (mostly due to the procrastination techniques of the little monsters!). It’s bright and colourful with cute rhymes and amusing pictures. Loved it! Thank you to NetGalley/the publisher/author for this eARC.

Thank you to NetGalley for letting me read and review this book!

My daughter (Kida is 2) absolutely LOVED this book! We read it through once and then went back to count the monster bats. I wasn't counting them all according to her so she took the book from me and proceeded to find all the bats that I missed (I did not miss a single bat but I am not arguing with a 2year old at bedtime). It is a wonderful read that we will definitely add into or bedtime story rotation!

I have found these books and the whole series to be quite surprising. The rhymes work, the illustration is bright and colourful, and the monsters are definitely cute. This one is about bedtime and did a great job capturing the many nuances of putting a younger child to bed. Everything from the procrastination to the bedtime routines are captured. Some of the rhymes are a little forced here and there, but it still works overall.

I enjoy that there is a special seek and find character in each of these that is is specific to the book theme. In this case it was a monster bat.

If you (or your child) have read others in the series and enjoyed them, this will be a hit. If they are new, there is no reason not to start with Monsters at Bedtime because the books aren't chronological.

I do debate whether finding out that there is a bat to find in each scene is better at the start (so you can go in searching) or at the end (so you can go back and search).

This was a colorful, fun picture book. It has a nostalgic feel that reminds me of books I read as a child. I would recommend this book to those looking for a cute picture book. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

The monsters are vivid and fun, the illustrations are super creative. I kind of wish there was more to the story, like more actual sentences and words. Like a bedtime routine or something silly. Overall I think it's cute. Thank you NetGalley for my download of this kid's book!

I received a review ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

If you grew up on 90’s and 2000’s shows and movies like I did, I feel like this book will give you nostalgic vibes. The illustrations are reminiscent of those shows and films.

For me, that’s a huge bonus. I would love reading this book with one of the children in my life because the illustrations are so much fun. And of course the cute rhyming story about bedtime is just as much fun. Simple but clever at the same time. And the added little challenge at the end of the book adds even more fun for rereads later on.

As a girl who has always loved monsters and the like, this book would’ve made my child self so happy!

My six and three year old loved this book. The pictures were fun and vibrant and they giggled a lot at the silly monsters. Afterwards we went back and looked for the hidden bat on eat page which was a lot of fun. I could see us reading this book many times because each picture is so detailed and full of fun surprises. The story follows a large family of monsters as they get ready for bed. It was fun to see the parent monsters dealing with the derailments and side quests that we go through every night trying to get wild “monsters” to bed.

I got this here to have a look, having seen the cover and there are previous Monsters books.

Brighty coloured as can be seen from the cover! The story is fairly minimal, short rhymes to do with pre-bed activity of all kinds. But lots and lots of monsters doing different things so you can see the child finding lots of things each read (with a search and find suggestion at the end), so plenty of interest to amuse and spend time on.

Will be getting this in store and have ordered the recent Monsters at School, I realise we did have the first two when they were out!

I smiled the whole way through reading this book, because I can imagine my godson becoming obsessed with it and calling himself the different kinds of monsters throughout his day.

The author tells a complete, wacky story from beginning to end with so few words. It's simple and so fun, and the illustrations add to the whimsy and silliness of the story. I absolutely loved getting to the end and then flipping back through every scene to find the bat monster.

I highly recommend this book as a bedtime book for little that love rhyming stories and illustrated scenes with a lot of details to explore.

This is a very easy read with really abstract and fun illustrations! My kiddos of varying reading levels and ages were able to read throughout most of the book and it was a great practice for them. They all really enjoyed the illustrations and bright colors.

It gave me similar vibes of the Monster Munchies book I used to read as a kid. Very lighthearted and fun. It doesn’t take a lot of brainpower or energy to follow along and is a cute book!

This quirky cute book is full of vibrant colorful illustrations that keep the readers attention. Every page takes you on a different part of the bedtime routine and it’s fun to pick out all the goofy monsters. The added search for the bat is just the icing on the cake! I only wish that little bit was at the front of the book to give the reader something to look for while going through it. But overall such a cute read!

An amazing kids book! Perfect for spooky season and really any time. The monster illustrations were very cute and fun. The monsters were not scary looking at all. So cute and fun. I loved the words and the rhythms. Would be a perfect easy and quick bedtime read.

This was a really good bedtime story!! I read it to my cousin while I was babysitting him and he loved it.

Plus the art is 10/10 and the little one told me that tomorrow morning we will be looking for more monsters.

thanks to netgalley for the advanced reader copy 🫶🏻

SO excited to see another Monsters book! Monsters at Bedtime was incredibly fun and brought amazing illustrations. I loved how much there was to look at throughout the book! The prose was fantastic and fun. This would be a great bedtime read for kiddos.

Thanks to NetGalley, Laura Baker, and Quarto Publishing for the chance to read and review. My opinions are my own.

We loved this book and it is our second Monsters book that we have given 5 stars too!

My 7 year old daughter read the book to me and she thought it was funny, loved the different names given and how the book rhymed.

She loved finding the Bat on the different pages and thought that was great as we went back through the story to look for him/her.

It was a lovely flowing book and she read it all without any help from me and that is key for her in a good book (I do know she is above the age range but having read another book in this series she wanted to read this one too).

It is 5 stars from me for this one – very highly recommended and very engaging!

Monsters at Bedtime is an adorable way to get children ready for bed. You follow these friendly and silly monsters through their bedtime routine and see that they do it just like we do! I loved the interactive "hide and seek" portion at the end. It will be a staple in our bedtime books basket!

These monsters are not your usual monsters. They are relatable and the book instills good habits and routines without being didactic, but these monsters are fun, unique and adorable.
Excellent book for toddlers. Even better for a family time read with older children/siblings.
The illustrations are amazing as usual, if you are familiar with the series. If not, you will be pleasantly surprised.