I am looking for a storybook that I had as a child. It was a book about a little boy and monsters and space.?

Question

The story was about a little boy who is visited by monsters at bedtime. He goes with them to the dark side of a planet. I remember one of the monsters was bird-like and in one illustration the eyes are drawn really big with the blood vessels showing. The illustrations were vivid color. One important thing I remember about the book is that the boy referred to his Mom as Mum throughout the book so it had to have been a foreign author. I had the book back in the mid 80s. Does ANYONE know which one I'm talking about? It's NOT a Maurice Sendak book.

Answer 1

Try these links perhaps you may identify it:

http://mybabymonsters.com/stories/podcasts/collaborative-storytelling-podcast-for-kids-and-their-parents-episode-11-space-stories-astronauts-aliens-and-star-wars/264
http://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Walls-Times-Illustrated-Awards/dp/038097827X
http://www.answers.com/topic/jabberwocky-poem-by-lewis-carroll
http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/bibs/gregory1.htm

Good luck.

Answer 2

Is it Where the Wild Things Are?