Horrors of the Household An old man's poems and a boy's pictures create a fantasy world where you're never home alone

This is a rhymed poetry book with a cast of creepy creatures who live inside your house, only to emerge when you least expect it. It's a collaboration by an unlikely team of an old man, who wrote the poems, and an eight-year-old boy, who the author discovered to be a graphic arts genius (see for yourself!). There are 21 content pages, each with a poem and a picture describing spooky beings from the basement to the attic (from which you finally escape out the second story window). Read it with the lights on (but watch out for the Lampshade Lurker!).

Rocky is the author of the rhymed-verse novel Humphrey's Long Journey Away From the Sea and many other works of fiction, including How to Play Fetch With a Grizzly Bear—A psycho's guide to animal companionship; the novels Ellis in Imaginedland, and The Japanese Man With the Ring in His Nose; the science fiction romance musical The Purpose of the Moon; and 600 songs. A former classical music and art reviewer and an elementary music teacher, Rocky is the only person known to teach third-graders how to conduct the first movement of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony using chopsticks. He currently boards dogs at Rocky's Rover Roadhouse in Richmond, California, writes spooky verse, and records songs.Nathaniel is a Bay Area native, a young artist and hobbyist. He is a huge history buff, and enjoys rowing and archery.