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In this issue, you’ll find 100 pages of fascinating facts and interesting stories. Learn all about the legendary characters and creatures in ancient tales and myths— today’s superheroes have nothing on them! You’ll also find out about lots of other intriguing phenomena, such as the surprising descendants of dinosaurs, how many drops of water are in a cloud and an insect that can live 16 years without food or water. Plus, there are awesome

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2) Monster High

Author

Harrison, Lisi

Series

Monster High (Lisi Harrison) Book 1

Publisher

Blackstone Audio, Inc

Description

The frighteningly hip teenage children of the world's most famous monsters have gathered together under one roof...to brave the horrors of high school! Frankie is excited to start high school—there will be cute boys, cheerleading, and rockin' parties. Trouble is, she's still getting used to life in general. Frankie Stein was created just 15 days ago and not all of her body parts are securely attached! But to attend high school, she has to

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3) Movie Monsters

Series

Movie Monsters

Publisher

A360 Media, LLC

Description

Vampires! Werewolves! Aliens! As long as there have been humans, we've been sharing stories of the terrifying monsters living among us. Movies put faces to our fears, and turn these childhood legends into palpable experiences that make us sweat and shiver and scream. From dawn-of-Hollywood classics like King Kong, Dracula, and The Mummy to modern nightmare fodder like Voldemoort, Gollum, and the shrieking death angels from A Quiet Place, we'll

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4) The Wolf man

Series

Publisher

Universal

Pub. Date

1941.

Appears on list

1940s Movies

Description

A man who returns to the family estate to take over affairs there risks becoming a victim of the centuries-old curse of the werewolf.

5) Huggly gets dressed

Author

Arnold, Tedd

Series

Monster under the bed storybooks Book 1
Monsters under the bed

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1997

Description

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye

A monster from under the bed tries to wear people clothes.

6) The lost wish

Author

Farber, Erica

Series

Publisher

Inchworm Press

Pub. Date

c1998

7) Octopus & squid

Author

Seward, Homer

Series

Sea monsters

Publisher

Rourke Press

Pub. Date

c1998

Description

Introduces the octopus and squid, their habits, physical appearance, and predators and prey.

8) Rays

Author

Seward, Homer

Series

Sea monsters

Publisher

Rourke Press

Pub. Date

1998

Description

Introduces the unusually shaped fish called rays, describing their physical appearance, types, where they live, their habits, and prey.

9) Dracula

Series

1930s Movies
Classic Halloween Movies

Publisher

Universal

Pub. Date

[1999]

Appears on these lists

Description

After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night.

10) Mad scientists

Author

Series

Publisher

Gareth Stevens

Pub. Date

1999.

Description

Contrasts the monster-creating escapades of mad scientists such as Frankenstein, Moreau, and Jekyll with the methods used by real scientists who try to help, not hurt, the world.

11) Manmade monsters

Author

Series

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Publishing

Pub. Date

1999.

Description

Examines monsters fashioned from organic or robotic parts, both in literature and movies, including Frankenstein and the computer HAL from "2001: A Space Odyssey."

12) Monster

Author

Series

Formats

Description

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

13) Monsters of the deep

Author

Series

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Pub

Pub. Date

1999

Description

Discusses some of the large and frightening creatures that live, or are believed to have lived, in the world's oceans.

14) The mummy

Series

Publisher

Universal

Pub. Date

1999

Appears on list

1930s Movies

Description

After Imhotep, an Egyptian mummy, is accidentally revived by a British archaeology team, he sets out to find his lost love and terrorizes everyone along the way.

15) Vampires

Author

Series

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Pub

Pub. Date

1999

Description

Discusses vampires in legend and literature and some real people and animals that may have helped inspire the concept of blood-drinking monsters.

16) Zombies

Author

Series

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Pub

Pub. Date

1999

Description

Discusses zombies, the walking dead or near-dead, bodies without souls, in fact and fiction, and such related phenomena as golems and animated mummies.

17) Creature from the Black Lagoon

Series

Publisher

Universal Studios

Pub. Date

2000.

Description

In the upper reaches of the Amazon River, a scientific team discovers an amphibious creature, a living missing link. The creature is captured and falls in love with the female assistant of the leader of the research team. The lonely creature kidnaps her, and the scientist mounts an effort to reclaim his sweetheart and return the creature to his watery home.

18) Huggly goes to school

Author

Arnold, Tedd

Series

Monster under the bed storybooks Book 5
The monster under the bed

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c2000

Description

Huggly and his monster friends play hide-and-seek and use their school as a hiding place.

19) Foundling: The Foundling's Tale, Part One

Author

Cornish, D. M

Series

Monster blood tattoo Book 1

Publisher

Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2007

Description

Growing up at Madam Opera's Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls, Rossamünd Bookchild–a boy with an unfortunate name–has led a life sheltered from the dangers of the world. But this all changes the day the man with the strange red-and-pale-blue eyes recruits him into the service of the Emperor. Rossamünd has been drafted into the ranks of the Half-Continent's "lamplighters"–soldiers who protect the empire's...

20) Lamplighter: The Foundling's Tale, Part Two

Author

Cornish, D. M

Series

Monster blood tattoo Book 2

Publisher

Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2008

Description