The Big Book of Monsters
The Creepiest Creatures from Classic Literature
$45.64
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2019
Summary
Monsters are a total treat for kids. They turn up in stories and fairy tales all over the world, give kids thrilling yet safe shivers, help them work out real fears and anxieties, and empower them in the same way that dinosaurs do, inhabiting the kind of world that’s special in part because grown-ups are too busy and boring to pay attention to it. The Big Book of Monsters revels in this magic appeal and delivers an unparalleled compendium of 25 of the creepiest, the spookiest, the most…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781523507115 |
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| ISBN-10: | 152350711X |
| Author: | Hal Johnson, Tim Sievert |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Workman Children's |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 720g |
| Dimensions: | 256mm x 208mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“A thrilling gallery of boojums from the pages, scrolls, and clay tablets of literary classics…Readers on the lookout for something wicked this way coming will be terrified, grossed out, delighted.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Johnson offers entertaining insights into each monster’s origin story, while suggesting that great literature creates characters that can truly take on lives of their own—and what’s scarier (and cooler) than that?” —Publishers Weekly
“Readers prepared for a big scare with a side order of literary history will love this collection…Johnson’s casual descriptions of horrifying tales will delight middle grade readers while he successfully lures them to grander-scheme ideas. A must-have for middle school libraries and those whose readers seek out the creepy and the scary.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“Perfect for Halloween and beyond, this is a ready-made syllabus for an engaging literature course that will have readers shrieking—with delight!” —Booklist, starred review
“[This book] will leave you jumping at the sound of a cricket or the tapping of a tree branch.” —TIME for Kids
About The Author
Hal Johnson
Hal Johnson is the author of Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods and Immortal Lycanthropes. He loves monsters and books.
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