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Under-the-Bed Fred by Linda Bailey (review)

Leo generally avoids nocturnal visits to the potty, but in the first of the five chapters of this easy reader, he “really, REALLY” has to go, so he’s got to figure out how to get around the growling monster under his bed and to the bathroom. The solution to his conundrum is surprisingly easy: when he asks the monster to simply not move, and the fearsome creature abides. After that a friendship slowly but steadily forms, with Leo inviting the furred thing out from under the bed and then dubbing him Fred, Fred dutifully defending Leo from a bully, and Leo eventually bringing Fred to show and tell. The humor here has a bit of a bite, and despite his mostly goofy nature, Fred can be fearsome when called upon (shapeshifting into a fire-breathing dragon, for instance). Vocabulary repetition is stealthily woven into the story, and a wealth of dialogue moves the pace along at a swift clip. Fred’s round belly, sweet pug nose, and underbite of softly rounded teeth make the big beast utterly huggable; clean white space backgrounds text and illustrations, with the occasional full page of art saturated with color and festooned with linework that’s just this side of frenetic. Youngsters transitioning to reading alone (and to sleeping with the lights out) will hope Leo and Fred have a few more lighthearted adventures in the making. KQG