Books with title The Amazing Monster

Churning the dirt on massive tires and rattling the air with gigantic engines, monster trucks are the BIGGEST, BADDEST, LOUDEST machines in motor sports! Read the inside story of the top trucks and drivers from Monster Jam events. Discover what it takes to design and build a vehicle as big as an elephant. Learn what it feels like to drive a high-flying, car-crushing monster truck!

Katie Beagle has a new summer job. But babysitting kids isn't the same as babysitting a dragon with special needs and a sassy, disabled toy lamb with a BIG personality. Katie quickly learns that believing in magic seems much easier than believing in herself (especially when a picnic turns into a big mess). But after a sudden sewing emergency teaches Katie a lesson in self-reliance, she's inspired to make a special gift for her new magical friend. After all, it's going to be a long summer, and NO lamb should ever be without some REALLY good play clothes.

The spectacular new middle-grade fantasy series from bestselling authors Garth Nix and Sean Williams.Since moving to the town of Portland, many bizarre things have happened to Jaide and Jack Shield. The twins have discovered their own magical powers--and have seen how they can go horribly wrong. They have met cats who talk and humans who keep silent about deep, dark secrets. And they have begun their fight against a deadly force known only as The Evil.Still, Jaide and Jack have yet to meet the strangest resident of Portland. It's a creature that only comes out at night, a beast that defies human description. Jaide and Jack have never seen it . . . but they're about to. And when they do, destruction and disaster won't be too far away.

Stephen Crane (1850-1893) is regarded as a master of American short story writing. First published in 1898, “The Monster” is one of his best-known novellas. It is a study of prejudice, fear and isolation in a small town near New York, where an African-American man suffers the pains of social exclusion after being disfigured by fire in order to save another man. This edition also contains the enlightening essay “A Note on Stephen Crane” written by literary critic and painter John D. Barry (1866-1942) in 1901.

Johnson passed through two rooms and came to the head of the stairs. As he opened the door great billows of smoke poured out, but gripping Jimmie closer, he plunged down through them. All manner of odors assailed him during this flight. They seemed to be alive with envy, hatred, and malice. At the entrance to the laboratory he confronted a strange spectacle. The room was like a garden in the region where might be burning flowers. Flames of violet, crimson, green, blue, orange, and purple were blooming everywhere. There was one blaze that was precisely the hue of a delicate coral. In another place was a mass that lay merely in phosphorescent inaction like a pile of emeralds. But all these marvels were to be seen dimly through clouds of heaving, turning, deadly smoke.

Chester Chipmunk is busy foraging for nuts for his wife and five adorable children when, in the blink of an eye, a terrifying black-and-white monster springs out from a bush and turns his world upside down! After Freckle the hungry cat snatches Chester in her powerful jaws and carries him into her home, the terrified chipmunk wonders if he will have the strength to escape the monster and find his way back home. As Freckle loosens her grip, Chester frees himself and dashes into what he hopes is a good hiding place. Now Chester must somehow avoid Freckle and other scary beasts in order to stay alive. But his mission to get home may be more challenging than he ever imagined. In this delightful childrens story with an uplifting message of hope, a brave little chipmunk must find a way to escape a hungry cat so he can return home to his loving family.