The Monster at the End of This Book

The Monster at the End of This Book was published in 1977 by Golden Press. It was written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin.

In this book, Grover is horrified to learn that there is a monster at the end of the book, and begs the reader not to finish the book, so as to avoid the monster. He uses several methods to try and keep the reader from progressing, including tying the pages shut and cementing them shut with bricks. Each of these are brilliantly illustrated. After each page is turned, the results of the failed stop is shown, and Grover tries a new method to keep you from turning the pages. To the amusement and relief of Grover, the monster at the end of the book turns out to be none other than himself.

A sequel, Another Monster at the End of This Book was published in 2000. It was also written by Stone and illustrated by Smollin, and features Grover and Elmo.