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K-3
Terrible howls echo through the nighttime forest; one by one, nervous woodland creatures climb a tree, thinking a monster is nearby. When the tree's branches break, they tumble down and discover the real (non-monster) culprit. Lambert sets the textured animals against a black background on double-page spreads, and the text is chock-full of rhyme and onomatopoeia, resulting in a jolly, storytime-perfect romp.