Children's Poets Laureate J. Patrick Lewis and Kenn Nesbitt team up to offer a smart, stealthy tour of the creatures of shadowy myth and fearsome legend—the enticing, the humorous, and the strange. Bigfoot, the Mongolian Death Worm, and the Loch Ness Monster number among the many creatures lurking within these pages. Readers may have to look twice—the poems in this book are disguised as street signs, newspaper headlines, graffiti, milk cartons, and more!

Award-winning author Caroline Pignat's new historical novel recreates the world of a Virginia tobacco plantation in 1858. Through the different points of view of slaves, their masters and a visiting bird-watcher the world of the plantation comes to live in this verse novel.Phoebe belongs to Master Duncan and works in the plantation kitchen.She sees how the other slaves are treated — the beatings and whippings, the disappearances. She hasn't seen her mother since Master Duncan...

Get right to the heart of the mummy in the next spook-tacular episode of Scream Street. Bwah-ha-ha!Scream Street has been shrouded in night for as long as anyone can remember. But things really look black when millions of spiders escape and cover everything with their suffocating webs. Luke Watson (boy-turned-werewolf), vampire Resus, and mummy Cleo are trying to combat the creepycrawlies as they search for the third relic Luke needs to take his parents home—the he...

An eccentric babysitter has a knack for telling stories that are eerily well suited to her young charges.When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there’s a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories.Armed with unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermint...

Frank was a monster who wanted to dance. So he put on his hat, and his shoes made in France... and opened a jar and put ants in his pants! So begins this monstrously funny, deliciously disgusting, horrifyingly hilarious story of a monster who follows his dream. Keith Graves' wacky illustrations and laugh-out-loud text will tickle the funny bone and leave readers clamoring for an encore.

Funny and totally gross!Stella Min never gets scared. In fact, she?s pretty certain that she is the bravest one in the Monster Squad. But lately she can?t shake the feeling that she?s being watched?all the time! Soon she?s seeing floating eyeballs everywhere and quickly discovers it?s the Beast with 1000 Eyes. She knows she needs to stop it, but how do you kill a monster than can blink you to death?

Underpants are monstrously funny in this playful picture book from the team that brought you Dinosaurs Love Underpants and Pirates Love Underpants.Monsters think it’s MONSTER fun,To creep around, all scary!But there’s something they love even MORE,Than looking mean and hairy!Monsters around the world have different ways to scare, but they all share a love for zany underpants! Every Saturday night, you will fin...

If you love poetry and magic you will love this wonderful collection - ChristophFischerBooks AMAZON TOP 500 REVIEWERPeter: The World - Short Poems and Tiny Thoughts is a collection of 26 poems based upon the surreal, magical story Peter: A Darkened Fairytale.Inside these pages, you will find whimsical poems of 'The Light' and forewarning of 'The Dark'. The tale of Peter has inspired several books of which Peter: The World is the third publication and there are many more adv...

A whimsical look at nighttime bumps, thumps, creaks, and squeaks. Featuring amusing color pictures and lyrical rhyming text, Bumps in the Night offers "mostly" reasonable explanations for spooky sounds a child may hear while trying to go to sleep.Klutzy family members, a noisy neighborhood, even a fire-breathing furnace all take the stage during the course of the night. Then again, not every noise is so easily explained. Where's the fun in that?

Peter: The Goblins - consists of three goblin volumes; Goblin Way, Goblin Feast and Goblin Power.Peter: The Goblins - Short Poems and Tiny Thoughts is a fantastical collection of short poems based upon the surreal, magical story Peter: A Darkened Fairytale.Fans of Peter will enjoy this great little set to compliment the other books in the Peter series. These mischievous fellows get up to all sorts of no good in hidden places - goblin magic, stealing wands and even fairies. ...

A spooky, fast-paced dark fantasy short story perfect for fans of supernatural school-yard tales.Young Billy MacIntyre has always been a weird kid, always taking every little slight to heart.One day, he decides that he's had enough of the relentless mocking and bullying at school and around town.He decides to exact his revenge on all those simpletons who have done him wrong. And he does it by taking a book of Necromancy out of the library, and raising a zom...

A classic lullaby gets a playfully spooky spin in this monstrously sweet picture book.Hush, Little Monster, don’t you howl.Daddy’s gonna give you a…screeching owl.If that owl won’t say “whoo whoo”…Granny Ghost will bring you a big, bad boo!A monster father softly sings his own version of a favorite lullaby to his son. A screeching owl, a vampire, an ogre, and zombies are just a few of the creatures who...