Alan Jordan, the author of many of the books on LetsBeCreative.org
Hello, my name is Alan Jordan. Let's Be Creative features many books, audio and video files that you can enjoy, and many more will be added over the next year.

One of the things on Let's Be Creative comes as a book, audio-book only, video or and talking e-book. It is called, The Monster on Top of the Bed, and it is available in English, Spanish and Italian, with other languages to follow.

Some children are motivated by videos and streaming videos

Others prefer to read

e-books allow video and audio to come together, in several languages

Here is a link to a page where you can listen to different readers read the first page of The Monster on Top of the Bed and you can also listen to some of the other things on the CD.

**There are several ways that you can view The Monster on Top of the Bed before you buy it:**

Click here to watch a short movie of The Monster on Top of the Bed. The pages turn automatically and you the words are read in English.
Click here to read the English version of The Monster on Top of the Bed. (This is a 36-page full-color book in .pdf format. You need Adobe Reader to read it. Adobe Reader is available for free here.)
There is also an accompanying book, where children can upload their own pictures. It is called My Monster on Top of the Bed.

If you like what you see and hear, here is how to order the audio book or printed book and CD.

If you want to use many of the books on this site, and get The Monster on Top of the Bed too, subscribe to Let's Be Creative.org.

The Monster on Top of the Bed is a handy size:

The Monster on Top of the Bed is a small book that fits into a CD case. It is perfectly sized for small hands, and a wonderful bedtime read. It is 4.75" x 4.75". When you open the book up, the total size is 4.75" high x 9.5" wide.

Just take the book out of the CD's Jewel case, and you can read it to your child, or pop the CD into any CD player and your children can listen to the story as it is read in English (2 versions), Spanish (2 versions) and Italian. Click here for more details.

The Monster on Top of the Bed is a book that fits into a CD case.

When you order the CD and book, you also get one year of Gold Access to Let's Be Creative's Multi-Media Library and access to multi-media e-books in English, Spanish and Italian.

Here is the back cover of the CD, annotated to show some of the things that The Monster on Top of the Bed special.

I am pleased to announce that I received a grant from the Nevada Arts Council to attend the Society of Children's Bookwriters and Illustrators Summer 2008 conference to network and build skills. The Monster on Top of the Bed was one reason why this grant was awarded. I extend my warmest "Thank You" to the Nevada Arts Council, and the Nevada Legislature which made this grant, and many other grants to other artists, possible.