How can Nick believe his mother's telling him there aren't any monsters when she forgets what his favorite flavor of ice cream is? Or when she makes him wear boots and it doesn't even rain?
Well, sometimes Mamas do make mistakes...but sometimes they don't.
Judith Viorst's appealing text combines with Kay Chorao's wickedly evocative drawings in this all-new edition of a favorite book.

Judith Viorst was born and brought up in New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University, moved to Greenwich Village, and has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1960, when she married Milton Viorst, a political writer. They have three sons--Anthony and Nick (who are lawyers) and Alexander (who does community-development lending for a bank) and seven grandchildren--Miranda, Brandeis, Olivia, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Isaac, and Toby. Viorst writes in many different areas: science books, children's picture books, adult fiction and non-fiction, poetry for children and adults, and three musicals, which are still performed on stages around the country.

大人和孩子之间的差距，就是孩子更真实，而成人犯了错，也不轻易承认自己错了。孩子会质疑，也只能这样去表达。最终高贵善良的孩子总是会原谅大人的种种，整本书的精华，就在最后那温馨的一页。