Dramatic irony for the little ones. ( )

Jumpy Jack the snail is extremely afraid of monsters, but feels better as long as his friend, Googily, checks to make sure there are no blue, nig-eyed, pointy-toothed monsters with wiggly arms, funny hair, and plaid pants (a description that, well, matches Googily himself) waiting to jump out and scare him. But what happens when Googily is afraid of something? And what could he possibly be afraid of, if not monsters? ( )

Jumpy Jack the snail is terrified there are monsters everywhere despite the reassuring words and actions of his friend Googily, who is a…guess. Jumpy Jack has rather big goggle eyes himself and is a bit scary. The ink and watercolor illustrations are amusing and the story is rather tongue-in-cheek, especially for the grown-up reading it aloud. This book was named to the School Library Journal’s Best [picture] Books 2008 list. ( )

An interesting pairing of friends - a monster and a snail. The snail is afraid of everything and the monster being a good friend is always sure to check things out first. Then we find that the monster himself has a fear!

The illustrations in this one also make for a great book experience overall. ( )

Snail is afraid a monster is hiding everywhere, he has his friend(who really is a monster), look everywhere for him. No monsters, but at night, Googily the monster hears a sock under his bed. Jumpy Jack has to check for the sock, because Googily is afraid of socks. ( )