Monsters in the Moonlight
A Yalda Night Adventure
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · December 2, 2025
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Two young divs try to disrupt a family’s Yalda Night, but the celebration carries on.
- Themes
- Resilience, Celebrating Yalda Night
- Genres
- Monsters, Country & Ethnic Folktales, Nonreligious Celebrations
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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 family’s Yalda Night.
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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 break—and that’s something worth celebrating.
Yalda Night Divs
Two young divs try to disrupt a family’s Yalda Night, but the celebration carries on.
Come here for
- Twin divs Choori and Shooli causing mischief during a family’s Yalda Night
- A picture-book take on Persian myth and winter solstice celebrations
Expect
- A family celebrating Yalda Night
- A story about human resilience
Where it sits
| Monsters | 51% |
|---|---|
| Nonreligious Celebrations | 36% |
| Country & Ethnic Folktales | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Asian Myths & Legends
- Nonreligious Celebrations
- Imagination & Play
- Authors
- Sina Merabian
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- December 2, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Resilience · Celebrating Yalda Night
- Reading lane
- Asian Myths & Legends