Author Jessica Ashley writes books aimed at helping parents and their children address the common fears, anxieties and day-to-day situations all young children experience. In this book she looks particularly at a child's fear of the dark - and the imaginary creatures that inhabit it. As adults, we know there ARE no monsters, dinosaurs and ghosts - but try telling that to an impressionable young toddler or preschooler Fact is that monsters, dinosaurs, ghosts - and going to bed in the dark - rank right up at number 1 or 2 in most lists of early childhood fears. Jessica makes no attempt to discredit - in the child's mind - the existence of these scary creatures. Rather, she helps her young readers - in a light-hearted and humorous way - to understand that a fear that's imagined into a child's mind... ... can also be imagined out of it Here's an exerpt from the introduction to the book... Emily lives in a small apartment on the 27th floor of a tall apartment block... ... with her Mum and Dad... ... and her puppy, Yorky, and her kitten Ginger... Emily has her very own bedroom, and in the daytime, or when the light is still on, Emily's room is a happy, laughy, place. But at night, when the light is off, her room changes, and in the dark it becomes very, very scary This is the story about how Emily got rid of the monsters and dinosaurs she was SURE lived under her bed at night... ... and how you can, too, if you're worried about them Here is a book for young children afraid of the dark - and parents who want to help them. Get it now