"Nighty-Nightmare": A scary book illustrated by Leslie H. Morrill

By searching for other scary picture books for children in the Milner Library's Special Collections, I found something completely different to the scary books we have discussed before on this blog. I discovered the Nighty-Nightmare, written by James Howe and illustrated by Leslie H. Morrill, from 1987.

The impact of scary illustrations in children books

It's exciting to see how frightening some illustrations in children books can be. Normally, parents read picture books to their children before they go to bed. So, that they become calm and tired. But what happens to them if parents read them scary children books?