Sophie's Monster Goes to Shul — Sandy Asher

Why are you crying? Sophie asks the imaginary monster in her closet. You're not afraid of me anymore, the monster says. No one else can see or hear me. I need a new job. He follows Sophie to breakfast, out to Bubbe and Zayde's car, and to the shul. At synagogue, Bubbe helps lead the service. She's kvelling, Sophie says to the monster. I want to kvell, he says, and they join in the singing. Then Sophie uses her imagination to write a story about her monster. Suddenly, he isn't scary anymore, and he's no longer sitting beside her. He's in the pages of her story and now everyone can see him.