The classic ABC book gets a darkly comic makeover with Monster ABC. Kids with an appreciation for the offbeat and spooky will love this thorough catalogue of ghouls. You know Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster, but what about Quetzalcoatl, the feathered snake god, or Xing Tian, whose face is on his belly and whose head is nowhere to be seen? A wry description accompanies each cute illustration, making this an indispensable bedtime book for both parents and children who delight in the darker corners of the imagination.

As Santa prepares for his Christmas Eve flight, all is ready except for one thing: little Krampus is too excited to sleep! Will Santa be able to deliver his gifts, or will he be up all night stopping the enthusiastic Krampus from making a mess? Adults will enjoy seeing the bringer of dark yuletide justice reimagined as a child who can't wait for Christmas, and kids will love seeing their feisty sides personified as a mischievous horned beast that can't sit still. Told all in rhyme and full of charming, kinetic illustrations, Goodnight Krampus has all the makings of a new Christmas classic.

Something is rotten in the state of Deadmark, but of course there is: it's filled with zombies. This topical and hilarious parody of Shakespeare's Hamlet follows a young science-minded zombie teenager named Edda as she deals with a myriad of death-altering problems including a climate crisis caused by the anti-science humans in Ignorway, the disappearance of her mom, and the conniving takeover of her country by her villainous Aunt Agonista.

Everyone is enjoying quiet time, but little Banshee just wants to have fun the only way she knows how: Loudly. Join Banshee as she counts her way through the Irish landscape in the noisiest counting book in the land. It's gonna be a blast: You can count on it. "Innovative, modern and incredibly fun. Rhyming board books are prevalent, but rollicking, fun ones are rarer."-Creators Syndicate Derek and Kyle Sullivan are just your average set of monozygotic twins on a mission to conjure stories and characters that parents enjoy as much as their children. To get there, they never lose sight of their target audience: themselves as children. Derek is a Seattle-based illustrator and designer, while Kyle bides his time in Portland as a creative director and writer.