"This story is of a monster who is sad and quite blue, so he decided to set out and see something new. He wanders and walks til he finds a new place, where he discovers something awesome that puts a smile on his face."--Back cover.

Included on the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics's recommended resource list

Readers spend the day with second-grader Marvin Monster and his friends, werewolves, goblins, and banshees, at Grim Castle Elementary School. Marvin learns an important lesson about the importance of keeping your promises. A new series that teaches important social skills. Kids will learn an important lesson from this charmingly gruesome monster and his friends. The text is lively and the monster-world details are developed throughout--from Slug Slime hair gel to howling class to snailwiches and toad-warts. Not since the Adams Family has a group of characters grabbed readers young and old alike. Illustrator Bonnie Everett-Hawkes brings the gruesome characteristics to life in page after page of artfully drawn scenes.

This story centers around a young monster who is afraid of the light. Marvin is a young monster who lives in a very special place called Ghoul City. In this city, life is a little different from what you and I are used to. Monsters are nocturnal; which means that they like to play at night and sleep during the day. As this young monster stays up past his bedtime, he peers out of his window and is frightened by how different everything is. He makes a variety of comparisons between the night and the day. When the situation becomes too overwhelming, he runs to his parents for comfort. His father brings him to bed and proceeds to tuck him in for a second time. They have a heart-to-heart, with his father explaining that a great monster is not necessarily fearless, but courageous. He learns the value of overcoming his fears and finds a special way to fall back asleep.

School’s out and summer camp’s in! When Marvin and his friends meet Joey, a lake monster with a loud mouth and few manners, it seems that Marvin is the only kid in camp who will be his friend. And Marvin’s friendship with the lake monster is causing ripples among his other friends. No one wants to be around the kid who cuts in line, or talks over them, or tells them what he really thinks about their art project. But Joey secretly wants only one thing: friends. Can Marvin help Joey learn how to make—and keep—friends? Marvin's hilarious doodles and diary entries chronicle his delightful adventures, misadventures, and eventual triumph in a funny, relatable way. It's the one series on ADHD and associated issues that kids will actually want to read!

Meet Marvin, a lovable monster with a twelve-stringed baby fang guitar, a rambunctious case of ADHD, emotions that sometimes overwhelm him (and others), and a diary to record it all. While Marvin got it together in Marvin's Monster Diary: ADHD Attacks, his lab partner Lyssa's emotional roller coaster is a bit out of control. Can he help her--and win the Science Scare-Fair--before she explodes? In the same humorous spirit of Diary of a Wimpy Kid comes Marvin's Monster Diary: ADHD Emotion Explosion Using the "monstercam" and "ST4" techniques developed by Dr. Raun Melmed of the Melmed Center in Arizona, Marvin's Monster Diary: ADHD Emotion Explosion teaches kids how to be mindful, observe their surroundings, and take time to think about their actions. Marvin's hilarious doodles and diary entries chronicle his delightful adventures, misadventures, and eventual triumph in a funny, relatable way. It's the series on ADHD that kids will actually want to read! Marvin's Monster Diary: ADHD Emotion Explosion also includes a resource section to help parents and teachers implement Dr. Melmed's methods, plus ST4 badge reminders that kids can remove, color, and place around the house.