Books in Monster Tales series

What kinds of monsters are lurking in your house? Meet the pot and pan-eating kitchen monster, the tool-eating basement monster, and all their friends inside this fun, interactive book. Punch out the snack pieces from behind the cover and ";feed"; the hungry monsters throughout the story by opening the zipper mouth and slipping the pieces in. When mealtime is over, store the pieces in the pouch on the last page or put them back in their original places to start the fun all over again! SAMPLE TEXT: The monster in the sewer? To be kind, he's simply yucky! He'll eat a bug­€”some slime€”a slug€” a helpless rubber ducky. The monster in our dark garage complains and howls all night, unless he's fed a skate or sled or work boots€”left and right.

The Bully Bug is the sixth standalone tale in the hilarious Monsterrific Tales series for young readers by acclaimed author David Lubar. The Monsterrific Tales series began with Hyde and Shriek, a Kids' Indie Next list selection, and is sure to appeal to reluctant readers and fans of Lubar's short stories collections.There's something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. Kids are turning into monsters―literally! Lud Mellon gets bitten by a bevy of bugs in his basement and the next thing he knows, he's crawling up walls, drooling on his food, and rolling around in garbage. Turning into a giant insect seems fun at first, almost like having superpowers. But when his dad calls in the exterminators, Lud has to figure out how to stop his transformation before he gets squashed like a bug. "This book will talk itself right off the shelves, and reluctant readers will devour it."―School Library Journal on The Curse of the Campfire Weenies

There’s something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. People are turning into monsters—literally! Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the morning she accidentally puts some of the wrong ingredients into her breakfast smoothie. Suddenly she finds herself switching back and forth between mean substitute teacher Ms. Hyde and a sweet sixth grade girl named Jackie. Will Jackie figure out the cure before she changes into the horrible Ms. Hyde forever?

This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives. Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. In 2016, Monster was turned into a film starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., and A$AP Rocky.The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem.

Peter and Jean, two mischievous kids, love to draw monsters. They create Oko, a frightening monster which escapes from the sheet of paper and disappears into their house. All they need do now is create a nice monster that eats bad ones. That’s how Chris, with three legs, four arms and ten mouths, becomes the family’s new pet monster. For Christmas, Jean & Peter go on vacation to the mountains with their parents. Chris was supposed to stay at home but he manages to make the trip on the roof of the car. Suddenly an avalanche blocks the road, caused by a monster in hot pursuit of… Santa Claus! It’s up to the kids and their pet monster to save Santa and Christmas! But it looks like this monster can have Chris for breakfast!

Peter and Jean are two kids who discover they can do something impossible – when they draw a monster on paper, it comes to life! First they create a monster named Oko, who jumps off the page and proceeds to make one huge monster mess! There can be only one solution: draw a good monster. That’s where Kriss comes in. With three legs, four arms and ten mouths, can he defeat Oko? Things can only get a whole lot messier!