Melissa stands on the set of "The space."

Melissa is in her twenties, with long straight brown hair with bangs. She wears red trousers, a black TVO Kids T-shirt a gray hoodie and a green beanie.

Behind her, a screen shows the animated logo of the show.

She says HEY, TVO KIDS, WELCOME
BACK TO THE SPACE.
YOU ARE HANGING
OUT WITH MELISSA.
AND IT IS WORLD BOOK DAY,
SO NATURALLY WE'VE
GOT TO TALK TO THE AUTHOR
OF OUR TVO KIDS
BOOK OF THE MONTH.
AND THIS MONTH IT IS
THE
SUPER-DUPER MONSTER VIEWER
BY NONE OTHER THAN
KEVIN SYLVESTER –

She shows a copy of the book. The title appears in monster letters.

Melissa says WHO'S SKYPING
WITH US LIVE!
HEY, KEVIN.

Kevin appears on the screen behind Melissa.

Kevin is in his late forties, with very short gray hair and wears glasses and a blue jacket.

He says HI, MELISSA.
HOW'RE YOU DOING?

Melissa says HEY, I'M GREAT.
HOW ARE YOU?

He waves and says I'M GREAT.

Melissa says OKAY SO,
FIRST OF ALL,
I WANT TO KNOW
WHY MONSTERS?

A caption reads "Kevin Sylvester. Author."

Kevin says WELL, MONSTERS
ARE EVERYWHERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
UNDER YOUR BED,
THEY'RE IN YOUR
CLOSET, THEY MIGHT EVEN
BE UNDER YOUR CARPET.
BUT HOW DO YOU SEE THEM?
SO I THOUGHT I'D BETTER
COME UP WITH A WAY
TO CREATE SOME TECHNOLOGY
THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU
TO SORT OF SPOT THEM, WHEN
THEY POP UP ON YOU LIKE THIS.
OR THEY POP UP
ON YOU LIKE THIS

He shows a picture of a monster’s eye and another picture of a monster’s fist.

He says AND START HAMMERING
YOUR HEAD UP AND DOWN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
ABLE TO FIND THEM.

Melissa says RIGHT.

Kevin says THAT'S WHY I MADE
SUPER-DUPER MONSTER VIEWERS.

Melissa says SO THIS ALLOWS YOU
TO SEE THE MONSTERS.
I GOT IT.

Kevin says IT'S A LITTLE BIT
LIKE POKEMON GO.
YOU POINT IT AT THE
MONSTERS AROUND YOU,
AND IT HELPS
YOU TO SEE THEM.
EXACTLY.

Melissa says RIGHT, RIGHT.
OKAY, THAT'S SOME PRETTY
HIGH-TECH TECHNOLOGY.
I LOVE IT.

Kevin says I SPENT
YEARS ON IT.

Melissa says YEARS TOILING IN
YOUR MAD SCIENTIST LAB.

Kevin rubs his hands and says MWAH, HA, HA, HA!

Melissa says I KNEW IT.
SEE, I KNEW IT.
OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE A
QUESTION FROM A TVO KID.
IT'S ZOYA ON THE PHONE.
HEY, ZOYA.

The caption changes to "Zoya. Age 13."

Zoya says HI.

Melissa says SO WHAT'S YOUR
QUESTION FOR KEVIN?

Zoya says WHAT INSPIRED
YOU TO WRITE YOUR BOOK?

Melissa says THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.

Kevin says WELL, A COUPLE THINGS.
THE MAIN THING, I THINK,
WAS I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'VE EVER TRIED
TO LIKE TALK TO YOUR
GRANDPARENTS ON
FACETIME OR STUFF.
BUT I TALK TO MY
DAD ALL THE TIME,
AND HE NEVER QUITE
GETS IT RIGHT.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE THIS.

He approaches the web cam and says YOU'RE TRYING TO
TALK TO HIM ON CAMERA,
BUT HE NEVER QUITE
GETS IT RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY
I ENDED UP DOING
PICTURES WHERE YOU END UP
LOOKING UP THE NOSE HAIR
OF THE GUY, OR YOU'RE
TRYING TO SEE THE MONSTER,
BUT YOU CAN'T QUITE
HOLD IT CLOSE, AND THE
NEXT THING YOU KNOW
HIS EYEBALL IS LIKE
JAMMED IN FRONT OF IT.
SO I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE FUNNY
TO LOOK AT HOW TECHNOLOGY
SOMETIMES WORKS AND THEN
DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

Melissa says THAT'S
SUPER COOL.
WELL, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER,
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, ZOYA,
FOR ACTUALLY ASKING
THAT QUESTION.

Kevin says YEAH, GREAT
QUESTION.

Melissa says SO NOW I HAVE TO
KNOW, KEVIN, DO YOU
BELIEVE IN MONSTERS?

Kevin says OH, OF COURSE.
DEFINITELY.
EVERY TIME YOU LOOK
IN THE SHADOWS AND
YOU SEE SOMETHING MOVE OR
YOU HEAR THAT LITTLE...
[rustling/scratching]
UNDERNEATH YOUR
BED AT NIGHT,
AND YOU JUST KNOW THAT
THERE'S A MONSTER THERE.
IT'S DEFINITELY
GOTTA BE A MONSTER.

Melissa says BUT DO YOU THINK THAT
THEY'RE NECESSARILY
SCARY ALL THE TIME?
LIKE WHY AREN'T YOU
SCARED IF THERE ARE
MONSTERS UNDER
YOUR BED?

Kevin says THAT'S SORT OF THE THING, EVEN
IN SUPER-DUPER MONSTER VIEWER,
YOU GOT THE BIG FURRY GUY
WHO'S SORT OF GOOFY
AND WHATEVER, BUT THEN YOU GOT
THE LITTLE ANGRY GUY...
WHO, YES, IS BASED
A LITTLE BIT ON ME...
WHO'S LIKE ALWAYS GETTING
MAD AT THE KID BECAUSE
THE KID CAN NEVER
QUITE HOLD IT STEADY
AND GET THEM IN
THE FRAME THE WAY
THAT THE MONSTER
WANTS IT TO BE, SO...

Melissa says RIGHT, AND DO
YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE?

Kevin says BUT IN THE END THEY'RE
JUST BIG FUR BALLS.

Melissa says YOU HAVE DRAWN SOME
GREAT BIG FUR BALLS.
AND YOU ACTUALLY DID
ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE
MONSTER IN THE BOOK?

Kevin says I LIKE THE BIG
PURPLE DUDE
BECAUSE HE'S THE
SCARIEST LOOKING ONE
'CAUSE HE'S SO BIG AND
HE HAS HORNS AND STUFF.
AND AT ONE POINT YOU
SEE UP HIS NOSE
AND YOU SEE HIS CLAWS
AND YOU EVEN SEE...

Melissa shows the monster in the book and says THAT'S THE BIG
PURPLE GUY.

A purple fury monster with striped yellow and orange arms and tail appears.

Kevin says YOU CAN SEE
HIS ARMPIT HAIR.

Melissa says AWESOME.

Kevin says HE'S JUST
A NICE GUY.

Melissa says KEVIN, PERSONALLY
I HAVE TO THANK YOU
FOR CREATING MONSTER
VIEWING TECHNOLOGY.
SO THANK YOU FOR
BESTOWING THAT UPON US.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TALKING TO US TODAY.
THAT WAS AWESOME.

Kevin waves and says THANKS, MELISSA.
HAVE A GREAT ONE.

Melissa says YEAH, BE SURE, TVO
KIDS, TO CHECK OUT
KEVIN SYLVESTER'S TVO
KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH,
THE SUPER-DUPER
MONSTER VIEWER.
AND ALSO CHECK
OUT
JACK.
IT'S COMING UP NEXT.