a story about the importance of accepting diversity

Monster is excited to see what kind of creature will move into Vampire’s old house on the block. He even starts practicing his welcome growl. But when the moving truck pulls up, it’s not a greedy goblin, an ogre, or a dastardly dragon that steps out. It’s something even more terrifying than Monster could have imagined! But what if the new neighbor isn’t as bad as Monster thinks? Join Monster as he confronts his fears in this charming and light-hearted look at what it means to accept others who are different from us.

SUE GANZ SCHMITT is an author, theater producer, and philanthropist. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in writing for children and young adults. She has performed in RENT on Broadway, run a marathon, and pursues other improbable and exciting challenges. She has served as a NASA Social Media correspondent, a volunteer for The Planetary Society, and a space advocate representing the Space Exploration Alliance to Congress. You can often find Sue at her home in the Los Angeles mountains with her eyes to the stars.

LUKE FLOWERS has illustrated more than sixty children’s books, including the NYT Bestseller “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, poems by Fred Rogers. He is also both author and illustrator of “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth ABC Storybooks” and the “Moby Shinobi” series which has sold over a million copies since it was published in 2016. When he isn’t illustrating or writing, he enjoys puppetry, playing banjo, basketball and outdoor adventures. He lives with his family in Colorado Springs, CO.