Books in Monster Chronicles series

How would you go about making a mummy? This beautifully illustrated and fascinating book transports young readers more than 3,000 years back in time so they can see how the ancient Egyptians created mummies—and why. Learn about Egyptian gods and legends, the embalming process that preserved the pharaohs’ bodily remains, and the way mummies were wrapped and buried. Fun “Did You Know?” questions will fascinate kids.

[*Read by the author - Debra Fox] Debra Fox presents a refreshing eye-opener for women trying to thrive in life but struggling to keep up with the myths, lies, and half-truths surrounding success.If you're like most modern women, you feel beat down by and fed up with the ads, marketing, and well-meaning people promoting the message of musts. ''You must have the perfect body, make lots of money, and have a college degree. Must, must, must!''Debra Fox's Finding Your Moxie is a refreshing eye-opener for women trying to thrive in life but struggling to keep up with the myths, lies, and half-truths surrounding success that women have to face head-on every day.Success, happiness, and fulfillment in life does not result from a checklist -- it's a result of moxie: courage, spirit, energy, know-how, confidence, fearlessness, gumption, and guts! If you have moxie, you won't let minor setbacks stop you. You won't give up.Debra's book gives you a witty, straight-forward look at your own life. Debra has lived it all -- and tells it all through her own experience battling these myths with her inner moxie. She's the coach in your corner that you've always wanted -- and needed. Finding Your Moxie will help you bust through those myths by teaching youwhy success does not come to those who wait;how to set or reset your life GPS;how to invest your time where you're appreciated, not tolerated;how to have healthy conflict and resolution; andhow college and knowledge are not the same thing.Debra's story will show you step-by-step how to develop the moxie it takes to overcome the modern-day myths and stand up for yourself. This is real stuff -- real life, really lived! So learn how to stop playing by everyone else's rules, and write your own success story!

The gladiators were among the most celebrated figures in the Roman Empire, entertaining huge audiences by fighting wild animals—and each other—to the death. Now children can discover what their life was really like by following the fate of a Celtic warrior captured in Gaul and sent to compete as a gladiator in Rome. Detailed, foldout illustrations and fascinating text teach kids about the gladiator’s brutal world.

Travel back in time to the year 1203, to the famous Castle of Chateau-Gaillard, built by King Richard the Lionheart. But King Richard is dead and John, England's new monarch, has offended the King of France. Now it's war! Will the castle hold? How will peasants survive? Learn all about medieval warfare in this tale of a real siege, based on the diary of Baron Roger de Lacy. Foldout flaps provide a detailed look inside the castle and its grounds, while tiny bound-in books show pages from the diary.

Would you have survived? In the Middle Ages, life was short and dangerous. Knights wore the finest armor, followed a strict code of chivalry, and swore an oath to the King. See what it took to become one of these nobles, from page to esquire to the final ceremony of anointing. Follow their training, examine their weapons and a full set of armor, and learn about the lavish jousts and other tournaments that were a regular part of a knight's life. The book contains: The Esquire's Handbook, a miniature guide to knight school and life, complete with lifesaving info; a tournament presented in split pages and foldout flaps; and another foldout that provides an insider's view of a castle under siege.

In Clinton D. Harding's debut novel "Our Monsters", Jon and his friends escaped their parents and the military, leaving behind the only home they'd ever known, the small town of Carpenter. But their freedom is short lived. "Bad Monsters" has Jon and his friends finding themselves in more danger than before they left Carpenter. Now they are on the run and hunted and by General Mauser and his military dogs. Jon can practically feel them breathing down his neck, as the jaws of the military dogs snapping at his heels. Blood is spilled, friendly and not, and now Jon must answer his friends' questions sooner than later, or risk one of those friends dying. He's just not sure he's the person to be deciding their fates or if he, Alice, and George are fully prepared to walk away from their normal lives. A farm in northern California may serve as salvation to this scared, but brave, group of teenagers. However, can they trust the inhabitants they find there, who themselves have a history with Carpenter? If Jon can talk his way past the shotgun in his face, he might just discover what he and his friends need; answers about the history of Carpenter, the hybrids, the powers the teens borrow from their hybrids and who are the true monsters. In all this confusion and danger, Jon may also find a young woman who can help heal the wounds left by Mikaila when she left him and the group.

Yesterday Jon Graves believed living and going to high school in the military occupied town of Carpenter was a bore. That is until a routine fieldtrip to Carpenter’s science labs, when Jon and his friends uncover a military secret, the reason why the US Army stationed their parents in Carpenter… to create a top secret species of monsters. Yeah... MONSTERS! Now Jon and his four friends have freed and adopted five of the monsters, vowing to keep each hidden away from harm. Harm being their parents and the US Army. These are not puppies and kitten, though. Keeping the monsters a secret becomes a difficult task when they begin to develop amazing powers. And soon a betrayal from within the circle of friends will threaten to unravel the groups’ plans. Jon will need to bring his friends together for a rescue mission. Strange powers the teens begin to exhibit on their own will offer aid but ultimately the group’s friendship will save the day. Just another chaotic day in high school. Yeah. right!

The cutthroat, ruthless world of pirates has stimulated readers' imaginations for years. In this fascinating guide, children can learn about the real figures behind legends such as Blackbeard: why they did what they did, how they got away with it, and what happened if they were caught. The detailed, fold-out illustrations and accessible text will immerse readers in the wild world of pirates.