Cross-media picks for Mercer Mayer fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
Mercer Mayer fans know the pleasure of ordinary life tilted just slightly sideways — a monster under the bed might become your best friend, a backyard holds real adventure, and a little unease only makes the warmth feel warmer. The picks here share that same sensibility: creatures with personality, child protagonists who meet the strange with curiosity, and stories that never lose sight of home, family, and the small comforts that make the odd feel safe.
Film
Little Monsters
A boy befriends the monster under the bed and discovers a hidden world of mischief — pure Little Critter energy.
Film
The Summer Book
A small girl and her grandmother share slow, tender summer days in a quietly bittersweet coming-of-age story.
Film
Goosebumps
Fictional monsters leap off the page into the real world — spooky-funny chaos for fans of creatures with personality.
Film
Deadtime Stories
Classic fairy tales retold with monsters and dark comedy, exactly the mix Mayer fans love in a bedtime story.
Film
Saturday the 14th
A cursed book unleashes monsters into a family home — cozy domesticity colliding with gleeful creature chaos.
Film
Little Wing
A thirteen-year-old faces family upheaval with quiet resilience, grounding big emotions in everyday childhood detail.
Film
Little Black Book
A woman's curiosity about her boyfriend's exes spirals into warm, character-driven romantic comedy.
Film
Let the Right One In
A lonely boy's mysterious new neighbor slowly becomes a close friend — until something unexpected and dark emerges.
Series
Over the Garden Wall
Two brothers lost in a strange forest full of odd creatures — enchanted, slightly eerie, and deeply heartfelt.
Series
Little People, Big World
A family navigating farm life and growth across generations — warm, grounded, and relatable.
Series
Crash & Bernstein
A boy who longs for a brother builds one at a store — and the result is every bit as chaotic as imagined.
Series
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Imaginary friends find a second home, celebrating the strange creatures kids dream up.
Series
Bing
A young bunny learns about the big world with patience and curiosity — warm, gentle, and reassuringly kind.
Series
Kid vs. Kat
A boy's stray cat is secretly an evil cybernetic alien — and only he can see it. Pure deadpan kid-versus-creature comedy.
Series
Dew Drop Diaries
Three fairies-in-training look after children as they work toward earning their wings — tiny magical helpers in a cozy world.
Series
Harvey Beaks
A mild bird and his wild best friends seek adventure and mischief in their enchanted forest home.
Game
Tiny Bookshop
A cozy narrative management game about running a tiny bookshop by the sea — quiet, sweet, and unhurried.
Game
Allumette
A wordless story of an orphan girl in a fantastical sky city grasping for hope after tragedy — tender fairy-tale storytelling.
Game
A Memoir Blue
An interactive poem blending hand-drawn and 3D art to explore a mother-daughter bond with magical-realist warmth.
Game
Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
A pathfinding puzzle game about catching adorable bunnies — cheerful, low-stakes, and irresistibly cute.
Game
American McGee's Grimm
Fairy tales restored to their dark cautionary roots, stripping away the sanitised happy-ever-afters.
Game
Monsters of Little Haven
Two kids in a small village trail a monster mystery — childhood bravery mixed with genuine neighbourhood unease.
Game
Botanicula
Five tiny creatures protect a last seed from arachnid parasites — quirky, gentle, and full of wonder at the natural world.
Game
The Wild at Heart
Two kids fleeing hardship find magical Deep Woods and a swarm of creatures to rally against a stygian evil.
Book
Just Me and My Mom (A Little Critter Book)
Little Critter explores the city with his mum — small adventures, big world, the classic Mayer warmth.
Book
Just a New Neighbor
Little Critter dreads a girl neighbor, only to reckon with his own assumptions — gentle, honest, and funny.
Book
Just an adventure at sea
Little Critter discovers the ocean is full of surprises on a whale-watching trip with his dad.
Book
Too many dinosaurs
A boy who wanted a dog ends up with dinosaurs — absurd, cheerful, and exactly as chaotic as that sounds.
Book
Little Critter's Little Red Riding Hood
Little Sister meets the wolf in a lift-the-flap retelling that makes a classic fairy tale interactive and tactile.
Book
Bat child's haunted house
Malcolm tries to spook Bat Child at a haunted house, but his plan backfires — playful creature friendship with a gentle twist.
Book
Snug Bug
A little bug winds down for the night in a big house — simple, cozy bedtime storytelling in miniature.
Book
The Light Jar
A children's novel with genuinely tense, scary moments — for readers ready to push just past their comfort zone.
Start with Over the Garden Wall — two brothers lost in a strange, beautiful forest full of odd creatures — or Little Monsters, where a boy befriends the monster under his bed and discovers a hidden world of fun. Both share that cozy-spooky balance Mayer fans love.
Yes — alongside Little Critter titles like Just Me and My Mom and Too Many Dinosaurs, try The Light Jar, a children's novel with some genuinely tense moments for readers ready to venture a little further into the dark.
Botanicula puts five tiny creatures on a mission to save a last seed, full of gentle whimsy and creature-filled wonder. The Wild at Heart sends two kids into magical Deep Woods to rally creatures against a lurking evil, and Allumette tells a fairy-tale story of a sky-city orphan in wordless, hand-crafted style.