"MyLinda Butterworth has written The Monster Run about a little girl who is convinced there are monsters in her room, despite her mother’s repeated efforts to comfort her. Based on a true story of how they all got chased away, this book, due out in October and written for children 3 to 8 years of age, will prove a real comfort to parents and children alike."

—Alan Caruba, Editor
Bookviews.com - September edition

MyLinda Butterworth is a mother of two who remembers the sound of frightened children in the middle of the night. This story was inspired by a real live Monster Run. When she is not shuttling kids to soccer or dance, she is writing books. As an award- winning author of three other books, she finds life to be her biggest inspiration for writing. “Most of us had monsters in our lives as children. Those who didn’t face them as children still fight them as adults,” says Roland Grigley, a family counselor. So you are their best line of defense against the monsters. Young children rely on your experience to help them sort out the socks from the monsters. The monsters are real to them. Really listening to your child’s fears is the first step to get the monsters to run. The Monster Run is a perfect book for grandparents to read to their grandchildren. Even the illustrated characters are portrayed as understanding and loving grandparents. The colorful artwork is enough to hold a child’s attention, but the story is short, and although it is very powerful. I can picture your grandchild(ren) sitting on your lap as you read this book and all sorts of special conversations coming out from that experience. The dedication that MyLinda Butterworth, the author, shares with the readers is very important: “This book is dedicated to my daughter Nicole, to my parents and to all those who seek security in the dark. This story proves that the love we share with our children, in the end, will help them conquer their fears.”  

About the author: MyLinda Butterworth is the owner and Creative Director of DaytoDay Enterprises, an independent publishing house since 1997. She is the award-winning author of For Health’s Sake: A Cancer Survivors Cookbook. Other books to her credit are: Just 24 Days Till Christmas and Frogazoom! Besides being an author she has won awards for her interior book design work and continues to produce other award-winning books from her publishing house.

To order The Monster Run, go to www.the monsterrun.com or call 800-431-1579.

—Anita Finley
BoomerTimes & SeniorLife

Whether or not your child is afraid of the dark, this is a great bedtime read. Someday they will be afraid of something and "The Monster Run" will be there doing exactly what I expect books to do for me as a parent — spark our creativity and our children’s faith in our love.

—Amy Christensen
Family Living

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