This outsized children's book, gorgeously illustrated by Laëtitia Bourget, presents a short and humorous compendium of various ailments which are likely to befall various sorts of monsters; from the sleeping disease which might strike the "Monster Under the Bed" bitten by a tse-tse fly, to the nervous depression afflicting the Giant, to the Devil's bout of diarrhoea, a short summary of symptoms and suggested treatments are presented for each ailment. The full-page whimsical colour illustrations of the monsters alone are worth five stars. ( )