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1) The Gruffalo
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a rhyming story of a mouse and a monster. Little mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest. To scare off his enemies he invents tales of a fantastical creature called the Gruffalo. So imagine his surprise when he meets the real Gruffalo.
2) Darkmouth
Author
Series
Darkmouth volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Legends (also known as terrifying, human-eating monsters) have invaded the town of Darkmouth and aim to conquer the world.But don?t panic! The last remaining Legend Hunter - Finn - will protect us. Finn: twelve-years-old, loves animals, not a natural fighter, but tries really, really hard, and we all know good intentions are the best weapons against a hungry Minotaur, right? On second thoughts, panic. PANIC NOW! A monstrously funny debut from the...
3) Pog
Author
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
There lived magical creatures, like tiny, hairy Pog. He's one of the First Folk, protecting the boundary between the worlds. As the children explore, they discover monsters slipping through from the place on the other side of the cellar door. Meanwhile, David is drawn into the woods by something darker, which insists there's a way he can bring his mother back ...
Author
Series
Tom Gates volume 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book contains: - MONSTERS - MYSTERY - A MUSIC FESTIVAL - MISSING stuff - ME and Marcus (Not necessarily in THAT order). AND a very strict supply teacher - but don't let that put you off!.
Author
Language
English
Description
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world?Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross!It is 2120 and London is in ruins.The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace - but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world...
Author
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
WhenStitch Head sees his ice-blue eye for the very first time, he?s convinced that it once belonged to the legendary pirate, Captain Flashpowder. Could it be that he is part-pirate? But as Stitch Head prepares for a life on the high seas, some fishy business closer to home puts a stop to his swashbuckling plans?.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming... This monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Costa and Galaxy...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Scamander?s years of travel and research have created a tome of unparalleled importance. Some of the beasts will be familiar to readers of the Harry Potter books - the Hippogriff, the Basilisk, the Hungarian Horntail...Others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist. Narrated by Eddie Redmayne, this is the first audio book edition of Scamander's textbook ever to be released. Having starred as Newt Scamander himself in the movie Fantastic...
Author
Series
Beast Quest volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Malvel has kidnapped the Good Beasts and taken them to Gorgonia. Tom and Elenna chase him to this frightening kingdom, which is in the grip of a great war. Along the way, they must battle six terrifying Evil Beasts: Torgor the Minotaur, Skor the Winged Stallion, Narga the Sea Monster, Kaymon the Gorgon Hound, Tusk the Mighty Mammoth and Sting the Scorpion Man.
10) A monster calls
Author
Language
English
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Description
The monster showed up just after midnight. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his back garden, though, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild.
11) Shadow and bone
Author
Series
Grisha volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves her life-a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite...
Author
Series
The Beast and the Bethany volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Once upon a very badly behaved time, 511-year-old Ebenezer kept a beast in his attic. He would feed the beast all manner of objects and creatures and in return, the beast would vomit him up expensive presents. But then The Bethany arrived ? Now ten-year-old notorious prankster Bethany, along with her new feathery friend Claudette, is determined that she and Ebenezer are going to DE-BEAST their lives and do good. But Bethany finds that being a notorious...
13) The hunting moon
Author
Series
Luminaries volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Winnie Wednesday has gotten everything she thought she wanted. She passed the deadly hunter trials, her family has been welcomed back into the Luminaries, and overnight, she has become a local celebrity. The girl who jumped. The girl who got bitten. Unfortunately, it all feels wrong. For one, nobody will believe her about the new nightmare called the Whisperer that's killing hunters each night. Everyone blames the werewolf, even though Winnie is certain...
14) Fing
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet the Meeks!Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn?t enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there?s only one problem? What is a FING?Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest...
Author
Series
Stitch Head volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join Stitch Head, a mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost -lifetime. The ghost of a villainous ne'er-do-well is haunting the corridors of Castle Grotteskew, gunning for Stitch Head's heart and soul.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Bernard?s got a problem. He's found a monster in the back garden but his mum and dad are just too busy to notice. So Bernard tries to befriend the monster ? and that doesn't go quite to plan. Celebrate Not Now, Bernard?s 40th anniversary with this wonderful collection of 26 of the most popular titles from the award-winning and bestselling David McKee, including: Two Can Toucan, Two Monsters, Charlotte?s Piggy Bank and many more!.
17) Siege and storm
Author
Series
Grisha volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can't outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns...
Author
Series
Beast and the Bethany volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Are you ready for a BEASTLY surprise? After controlling Ebenezer Tweezer for 511 years and trying to eat Bethany twice, the beast is safely locked up ? for about five minutes. Soon the world?s most despicable creature is out of its cage and back in Ebenezer?s attic. But there?s something different about the beast now - it?s calling everyone its bestie and vomiting up lovely gifts for the neighbours. In the most disturbing turn of events yet, has the...
19) Stitch head
Author
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
His very first creation has long been forgotten - a small, almost-human creature, known only as Stitch Head. Poor Stitch Head has spent years vying for attention amongst a menagerie of freakish monsters. When a travelling circus ringmaster, Fulbert Freakfinder, promises to make him a star, Stitch Head wonders whether there is another life for him. But first he has to catch the professor's latest creation - a monstrous three-armed creature that's just...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations create this funny and adorable sequel to The Gruffalo. One night, the Gruffalo?s child wanders into the woods to search for the Big Bad Mouse. But instead, she comes upon a small mouse in the woods . . . and decides to eat him! But wait, what is that? A shadow of a very large, scary creature falls on the ground. Could it be the Big Bad Mouse after all?....
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