Little Monster is an anthropomorphic character created by Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer is an American children's book writer and illustrator. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles...

. He looks like a mix of a dinosaur

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

 and a dragon. Little Monster first appeared in the 1977 book Little Monster's Word Book, but many characters in the Little Monster series were first introduced in the 1975 book One Monster After Another and the 1976 book Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-A-Zoo. Little Monster usually has his pet Kerploppus by his side in the series.

Selected bibliography of appearances

For a more complete list of Little Monster related books see the bibliography of Mercer Mayer. All of the following are by Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer is an American children's book writer and illustrator. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles...

unless otherwise noted:

• Little Monster's Word Book (1977) ISBN 0-307-65766-3
• Little Monster's Alphabet Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-61847-1
• Little Monster's Counting Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-61844-7
• Little Monster's Neighborhood (1978) ISBN 0-307-61849-8
• Little Monster at School (1978) ISBN 0-307-61845-5
• Little Monster at Home (1978) ISBN 0-307-61846-3
• Little Monster at Work (1978) ISBN 0-307-13736-8
• Little Monster's Bedtime Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-61848-X
• Little Monster's You Can Make It Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-15802-0
• Little Monster's Mother Goose (1979) ISBN 0-307-13742-2
• Little Monster's Scratch and Sniff Mystery (1980) ISBN 0-307-13546-2