Most of us have fears that can become monsters if we allow them to get out of control. Learning how to manage them and put them in perspective is essential for mental health.
In this post, I introduce you to Megan Higginson, author of the newly released picture book Raymund and the Fear Monster.
About Megan Higginson
Megan Higginson loves to write and illustrate stories of monsters, aliens, and mind-blowing places and asking questions like, ‘What if?’. Megan Higginson is also an artist, speaker, street library ambassador, a Books in Homes Role Model, dyslexic book worm, a mother, a qualified youth worker and education support worker, and a retired horse whisper. Megan believes in living an amazing life even with a chronic illness and encouraging kids and adults not to give up. She hopes her stories and illustrations will help readers to look at their life and the world around them with new eyes.
Megan is the author of, The Sock Thief which was included in The Creative Kids Tales Story Collection Vol. 1 in 2017, and An Angel to Watch Over Them (shortlisted) in the anthology Three Dummies in a Dinghy and Other Stories of Life in 2018. Her stories, Freya and the Fear Monster and Super Moon and Fairy Dust in The Creative Kids Tales Story Collection Vol. 2 in 2019. Three Seconds, Truck Stops and Log Trucks (shortlisted) in Papa’s Shoes and Other Stories of Life 2019. She loves to write stories of monsters, aliens, and mind-blowing places.
About Raymund and the Fear Monster
A tale of courage and overcoming fears when the odds seem to be stacked against you.
At the top of an enormous mountain is a dark and gloomy forest. In the dark and gloomy forest lives a monster who roars and growls and makes terrible noises. Raymund lives in a small village at the bottom of the enormous mountain. Raymund is scared of many things. But, most of all he is afraid of the night, and the monster that sends him running to hide under his bed. How will Raymund face his fear, discover what it means to have courage, and defeat the huge and hideous monster that smells like fish guts, rotten eggs and smelly feet?
Continue reading: Fighting the Fear Monster – readilearn
Norah Colvin 
My little granddaughter has developed a fear of the dark and her little imagination is beginning to run wild, so a book like this is terrific!
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Hi Donna, Raymund and the Fear Monster would be wonderful to read to your granddaughter, though I am disappointed she is developing a fear of the dark. Perhaps it will be short-lived.
I hope you are enjoying magical times with your family in this holiday season and that good times continue throughout 2020.
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…and for you and yours, too, Norah 🙂 oxox
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What a wonderful interview. So much insight! Kids will really relate to a story about monsters — I remember the monsters in my closets. Sounds like a fun book that helps kids talk about their fears!
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I’m pleased you enjoyed the interview, Patricia. Raymund and the Fear Monster is a wonderful book and will definitely help children discuss their fears and banish those closet monsters.
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Pete said it well. Fear is common, and a good picture book on the subject is always popular.
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That’s true, Jennie, and this is a particularly good one, I think. 🙂
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Indeed!
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I enjoyed reading this interview, Norah and Megan. Good luck with the book.
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Thanks so much, Anne. I really like the message of Megan’s book and the way it is shared.
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Stories and illustrations of monsters and aliens are never going to go out of style with children. Much luck to Megan.
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Thank you, Pete. This is a very special book.
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