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I Will Read to You

A Story About Books, Bedtime, and Monsters

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By Gideon Sterer

Illustrated by Charles Santoso

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Aug 1, 2023
Page Count
40 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9780316592611

Price

$18.99

Price

$23.99 CAD

Format

Hardcover

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A gentle blend of spooky and sweet, I Will Read to You is a unique rhyming bedtime tale about empathy, storytime…and monsters.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved stories—scary ones about skeletons and witches, giants and ghosts, vampires, dragons, mummies and goblins. But he wondered…do monsters have anyone to read to them? Armed with only a book and a flashlight (and with his bemused mother in tow), he travels through the night, calling together every monster he can think of to make sure they get the bedtime story they need.

Delightfully spooky and surprisingly tender, I Will Read to You celebrates monsters, stories, and the way a good book can bring us together.

(Don’t forget to find the little orange monster hidden on almost every page!)

Genre:

  • Children's Books
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Monsters

Gideon Sterer is the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Owl, From Ed’s to Ned’s, Not Your Nest!, The Night Knights, and The Midnight Fair, among others. Gideon grew up in upstate New York where his parents owned a little zoo, in which he would run around after hours and let the animals out. He now lives in the Hudson Valley and invites you to visit him online at gideonsterer.com and @gideonsterer.
 
Charles Santoso has illustrated many books, including Wombat Underground; Dandy; I Don’t Like Koala!; Ida, Always; and the New York Times bestseller Wishtree, among others. He moves between different countries to live and work but calls Sydney, Australia home. He invites you to visit him online at charlessantoso.com.

  • A Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
    A Parnassus Sprout Book Club Pick
    A CBC Teacher Favorites List Selection
  • "The rhyming couplets on each page beautifully capture the comfort found in storytelling, making this a perfect book for nightly read-alouds."
    School Library Journal
  • "Sterer gives winning warmth to this faintly haunted readaloud celebration in verse....the horde of finely textured creatures in night-time colors by Santoso clamor to hear the story."
    Publishers Weekly
  • "A story about caring for the unseen and the power of books to unite and soothe....Will have young readers eagerly wondering about what goes bump in the night."
    Kirkus
  • "For Halloween or whenever a child wants a delicious scare."
    Booklist
  • "The child takes control as leader and reader, which alleviates scariness, and the atmospheric full-bleed illustrations, done digitally combined with handmade pencil textures, make even a swarm of supernatural beings feel just cheerful enough."
    The Horn Book

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