Books with title The Worry Monster

Greg is running in the Fun Run. . . but it's very muddy on the way! Reading Corner covers three grades of early reading ability. Compiled in consultation with Dr. Barrie Wade, Emeritus Professor of English in Education at the University of Birmingham, and Dr. Hilary Minns, Lecturer in English at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick. Each grade has three levels, indicated by the number of bars on the spine of the book. Each level has a limited number of words per story, to help you choose the right book for a young reader.

As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated body into the small vat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horrid evidence which might easily send him to the gallows, the man sank weakly into a chair and throwing his body forward upon his great, teak desk buried his face in his arms, breaking into dry, moaning sobs. Beads of perspiration followed the seams of his high, wrinkled forehead, replacing the tears which might have lessened the pressure upon his overwrought nerves. His slender frame shook, as with ague, and at times was racked by a convulsive shudder. A sudden step upon the stairway leading to his workshop brought him trembling and wide eyed to his feet, staring fearfully at the locked and bolted door.

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), after a brief service in the US cavalry, persued a business career which was punctuated with intermissions as a gold miner, storekeeper, cowboy in Idaho and a police officer in Salt Lake City. He finally found success as a writer in 1914. His first novel, "Tarzan of the Apes", was an immediate success. Even though he is famous for his Tarzan series, Burroughs also is well known for his science fiction series such as John Carter of Mars, the Land Time Forgot and other series. Burroughs also wrote a number of less well known individual novels on various topics. Quiet Vision brings you a selection of these novels.

We have always known the world in three dimensions. But is there a fourth dimension too? Fasten your seatbelts and unravel fantastic mysteries with Mark and Stacy when their typical summer vacation turns into an unforeseen dark adventure; an adventure that leads them to The Monster World. However, there is so much more to it than meets the eye. Brace yourselves and be part of this rollercoaster ride and escape into The Monster World.

The story takes place in the small, fictional town of Whilomville, New York. An African-American coachman named Henry Johnson, who is employed by the town’s physician, Dr. Trescott, becomes horribly disfigured after he saves Trescott’s son from a fire. When Henry is branded a monster by the town’s residents, Trescott vows to shelter and care for him, resulting in his family’s exclusion from the community.