Okay Gen-X'ers, help me find a childhood book...

[TheFantod]

...when I was a kid I was entranced with a book a my local library. It was a children's book about nightmares. It wasn't meant to give you nightmares (I don't think). Or maybe it was...
I think it was a book that was supposed to teach you nightmares weren't real.

Anyway, I was obsessed and terrified of the book at the same time. I never had the courage to check it out, but I always looked at it when I went. I even remember exactly which shelf it was kept in the library.

It was full color and very, very detailed. When you had the book open the left & right page created one large picture. The picture was super-detailed, and I think each section was devoted to a type of nightmare.

The scene I remember the most was the "Mad Scientist" page. It showed the typical mad scientist in a crazy operating room with all kinds of needles, sharp things, and other scary things.

Does anyone remember this book? I tried the library and Amazon, and came up with nothing.

Anyone?

[MJ5150]

A Child's Library of Dreams by Sheri Clyde? Maybe this page will help you: Children's Dream Books List - Jill Gregory

-Mike

[Tat2dHeart]

I don't remember the illustrations from the book, but I remember a book about nightmares called, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" by Mercer Mayer. I think you can still get it on Amazon. My grandmother read it to me when I went to visit and I read it to my kids when they were little.

[TheFantod]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

A Child's Library of Dreams by Sheri Clyde? Maybe this page will help you: Children's Dream Books List - Jill Gregory

-Mike

Drat, went through them all and came up with bupkis. I may try to e-mail the person that compiled that list though.

Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart

I don't remember the illustrations from the book, but I remember a book about nightmares called, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" by Mercer Mayer. I think you can still get it on Amazon. My grandmother read it to me when I went to visit and I read it to my kids when they were little.

Thanks, but that's not it either.

[Funky Ghost]

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart

I don't remember the illustrations from the book, but I remember a book about nightmares called, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" by Mercer Mayer. I think you can still get it on Amazon. My grandmother read it to me when I went to visit and I read it to my kids when they were little.

That one scared the crap out of me when I was little! I could never find it when I'd search it cuz I always thought it was called "There's a Monster in My Closet". Funny enough, the scariest nightmare I ever had involved that monster.