Books published by publisher New York: The Golden Press

Kirkus Reviews: "In this engrossing novel, KD Kern presents a well-written and absorbing monster tale."When shy seventeen-year-old Riley Borden's abusive stepfather is brutally murdered before her eyes, she bravely tells the authorities exactly who did it: a monster. Not surprisingly the evidence points to her and she's shipped off to a rural Northern California mental institution, leaving her ten-year-old sister in mortal danger at the hands of her deranged aunt. Bedeviled by inmates, emotionally vanquished, Riley becomes convinced that her life is over... but when she awakens to a presence that manifests as the very creature that got her here, with it comes a serendipitous escape and a desperate journey to save her sister—and along the way she learns that the primeval being that calls her soul home may hold a secret more ominous than anything she ever feared.

From the cheery sun on the first page, to the sleepy moon on the last, and throughout all 290 pages in between, there are stories, rhymes and fun with the one-and-only Richard Scarry. Classic tales, alphabet and counting stories, lots of new words and concepts, and visits around town, to the airport, and across the world make this essential book that will captivate even the most restless child.