Scared of the Dark? It’s Really Scared of You by Peter Vegas and Benjamin Chaud - ADVISABLE

Scared of the Dark? It’s Really Scared of You by Peter Vegas, illustrated by Benjamin Chaud. PICTURE BOOK. Chronicle, 2020. $18. 9781452180694 

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

The narrator tries to explain to the reader that “the dark” is afraid of people, because it can’t come out during the day and is even scared away by a flashlight. Vegas’s personification of “the dark” is seriously cute – though not every incarnation works perfectly (climbing a tree?). For kids who are starting to be afraid of the dark, this would be a good way to discuss their fear. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS