Monsters in the Moonlight: A Yalda Night Adventure
By (Author) Sina Merabian
Illustrated by Sina Merabian
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
2nd December 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Hardback
40
Width 229mm, Height 292mm, Spine 3mm
Gustavo, the Shy Ghost meets How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by way of Persian myth in this sweet picture book about two young monsters who set out to make mischief in the human world during winter solstice celebrations.
On the darkest, coldest, and longest night of the year, twin divs Choori and Shooli are on a mission to wreak mischief and mayhem during a familys Yalda Night. But no matter what they do, the family still manages to have their fun, and the little divs learn that the human spirit is hard to breakand thats something worth celebrating.
Sina Merabian is an author-illustrator of picture books and longer work. Her work can be playful or macabre, and she enjoys the opportunity to work with intricate patterns and unique locales.