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A book cover showed a kid/monster it was a boy in a bed and under the bed there was a pale/white girl and on the back on the book it was a girl and a boy skipping away it is a kids book, and when we heard or saw the kids under his bed he would yell for his mom. This book was years ago at least 10 years ago it was animated and then mother had curlers in your hair, and she wore a robe
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I can try to help — I just need a few more details to narrow it down. A lot of kids’ books and short animated adaptations use a “kid in bed / creature under the bed” setup, so any extra detail will help. Can you tell me:
- About when/where you saw it (TV, VHS, library, bookstore, school)? Country or language?
- Rough year or how old you were when you saw it?
- Do you remember any words or the title (even part of it), or the author/illustrator’s name?
- Was the girl under the bed ghostly/pale or just a pale-skinned child? Did she look scary or friendly?
- What color was the cover or predominant colors? Any distinctive art style (cartoony, realistic, watercolor)?
- Was the animated version a short on TV, a full movie, or an animated read-along on a videotape/DVD?
- Any other scenes you remember (dialogue, the mom’s reaction besides curlers/robe, whether the children skip off happily at the end)?
If you don’t have more details, here are quick search steps that often find these older kids’ books:
- Try image searches for phrases like “children’s book boy in bed girl under the bed cover” or “book cover boy in bed monster under bed girl” (include “curlers” or “robe” if you remember those on the cover/back).
- Look on Goodreads, LibraryThing or WorldCat with similar keywords.
- Post a short description and any images you have to r/whatsthatbook (Reddit) and to library reference forums — people there often recognize obscure covers.
- Check Mercer Mayer titles (Nightmare/monster attic/closet/bed series) and other 80s–00s picture-book authors as a quick scan — they’re common for monster-under-bed themes.
If you can answer any of the questions above or upload a photo of the cover/back (if you have one), I’ll run a more targeted search.
- About when/where you saw it (TV, VHS, library, bookstore, school)? Country or language?
- Rough year or how old you were when you saw it?
- Do you remember any words or the title (even part of it), or the author/illustrator’s name?
- Was the girl under the bed ghostly/pale or just a pale-skinned child? Did she look scary or friendly?
- What color was the cover or predominant colors? Any distinctive art style (cartoony, realistic, watercolor)?
- Was the animated version a short on TV, a full movie, or an animated read-along on a videotape/DVD?
- Any other scenes you remember (dialogue, the mom’s reaction besides curlers/robe, whether the children skip off happily at the end)?
If you don’t have more details, here are quick search steps that often find these older kids’ books:
- Try image searches for phrases like “children’s book boy in bed girl under the bed cover” or “book cover boy in bed monster under bed girl” (include “curlers” or “robe” if you remember those on the cover/back).
- Look on Goodreads, LibraryThing or WorldCat with similar keywords.
- Post a short description and any images you have to r/whatsthatbook (Reddit) and to library reference forums — people there often recognize obscure covers.
- Check Mercer Mayer titles (Nightmare/monster attic/closet/bed series) and other 80s–00s picture-book authors as a quick scan — they’re common for monster-under-bed themes.
If you can answer any of the questions above or upload a photo of the cover/back (if you have one), I’ll run a more targeted search.
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