Tag Archives: Obsessions

Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Product Description
Goodnight monsters everywhere, in this parody romp with its own special twist!
“Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the moon.”
It’s bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull [...]

Frankenstein Takes the Cake

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Adam Rex
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books

Product Description
No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there’s the Headless Horseman, who wishes [...]

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Dragonfly Books)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Mark Teague
Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Product Description
Some kids spend their summer vacation at camp. Some kids spend it at Grandma’s house. Wallace Bleff spent his out west…on a ride, a rope, and a roundup he’ll never forget.

Little Brother

Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Tor Teen

Product Description
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but [...]

Easy Mind-Reading Tricks

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Robert Mandelberg
Publisher: Sterling

Product Description
Dazzle friends, family, and acquaintances with a series of mind-blowing psychic feats that will have them demanding an encore. Robert Mandelberg–comedian, magician, puzzle master, and author of Mind Reading Card Tricks and Mystifying Mind-Reading Tricks, among others–presents the topic as no one else can. With [...]

Birthday Monsters! (Boynton on Board)

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Book Description
You hear your door come crashing down—those birthday monsters are in town! And they’re going to wreak havoc in the most extraordinarily rude ways. What fun! From Boynton on Board, the 8-million-copy-bestselling series of extra-big, extra-fat, and extra-fun board books, here is BIRTHDAY [...]

Tartok the Ice Beast (Beast Quest)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Adam Blade
Publisher: Scholastic

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Product Description
When Sir Cumference turns into a dragon, Lady Di of Ameter helps him hide, while Radius searches for the cure - the magic number that is the same for all circles. 32 pages. 8 1/2″ x 9 1/2″. Ages 5-10.

Night Before Christmas (Littlest Pet Shop)

Author: D. Jakobs
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Book Description
It was the night before Christmas, and all through the shop,
the pets did not stir, or scamper, or hop. This Level 2 reader is a retelling of the famous poem, “The Night Before Christmas,” but with a new twist–all of the characters are Littlest Pet Shop pets! [...]

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Product Description
Sir Cumference, his wife, Lady Di of Ameter, and their son, Radius, use geometry and problem-solving techniques to help King Author. 32 pages. 8 1/2″ x 9 1/2″. Ages 5-10.

Mommy?

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, Matthew Reinhart
Publisher: Michael di Capua Books / Scholastic

Book Description
They’re all here! Everybody’s favorite monsters are just going about their business when a plucky little boy wanders into their cuckoo house. And what does he want? He wants Mommy! No matter how scary these monsters [...]

Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying TRUTH! About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Joshua Gee
Publisher: Scholastic

Book Description
Vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more–ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA invites you to join our quest for the terrifying truth about all things ghoulish and ghastly. But beware! Surprises lurk at the turn of every page. . . .
Discover a time line of ALIEN LIFE on earth–beginning [...]

The Wizardology Handbook: A Course for Apprentices (Ologies)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Master Merlin, Dugald A. Steer
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
The ultimate companion to the best-selling WIZARDOLOGY — an indispensable handbook for would-be wizards everywhere
Calling all aspiring wizards! Do you know the appropriate tools (including flattery) to have on hand should you encounter a Western wizard? Have you memorized the spell for [...]

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions: A Lego Inventions Book (Klutz)

Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Dan Rathjen
Publisher: Klutz Press
Product Description
Complete plans for making five marvelous moving machines out of the 60 special LEGO pieces that come with the book and another five using some basic pieces you’ve already got at home. Written by Don Rathjen and the editors of Klutz. For ages 7 [...]

Transformers: The Ultimate Guide: The Ultimate Guide (Transformers)

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN

Book Description
Transformers: The Ultimate Guide is a detailed look at the fantastic world of these mechanical marvels. Follow each character’s history and witness the amazing evolution of the Transformers, from physical structure and weaponry to personalities, alliances, and important battles. Detailed illustrations show exactly how [...]

The Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls (Klutz)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Julie Collings
Publisher: Klutz
Product Description
The Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls from Klutz is the 54-page, full color book full of paper people, clothes, and re-useable, double-sided, adhesive dots for dressing dolls - no more tabs! Includes 34 full, die-cut pages of perforated dolls and clothes, 6 illustrated back-drops [...]

Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Rating: (53 reviews)
Author: Edward R Emberley
Publisher: L,B Kids

Book Description
Ed Emberleys award winning book has a new design and a price thats anything but scary! It has been repackaged as a paper-over-board hardcover with a dramatic foil cover and die-cut eyes. More than 300,000 copies sold. Parents Choice Gold Award. Parenting Best [...]

How To Kill A Monster (Goosebumps Series)

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: R.L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic

Ultimate Handbook (Littlest Pet Shop)

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Samantha Brooke
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Book Description
This ultimate handbook is an essential for every Littlest Pet Shop collector. Includes all of the pets from the Littlest Pet Shop toy launch, along with details about each pet’s likes, dislikes, favorite foods, and favorite toys!

Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter (Math Adventures)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist (Emily Windsnap)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Liz Kessler
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Dive in! The latest fin-tastic tale about a feisty half-mermaid introduces a mysterious boy who shares her fate.
When Emily Windsnap discovers an old diamond ring during a class hunt for trinkets, how is she supposed to know that the ring is half the key to [...]

The Monster at the End of this Book (Big Little Golden Book)

Rating: (138 reviews)
Author: Jon Stone
Publisher: Golden Books

Book Description
Many, many adults name this book as their favorite Little Golden Book. Generations of kids have interacted with lovable, furry old Grover as he begs the reader not to turn the page—for fear of a monster at the end of the book. “Oh, I [...]

Where the Wild Things Are

Rating: (328 reviews)
Author: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper Collins
Product Description
The 1964 Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year by Maurice Sendak. Brian O’Doherty of The New York Times said the Mr. Sendak’s work “disguised in fantasy, springs from his earliest self, from the vagrant child that lurks [...]

Ella Enchanted (Trophy Newbery)

Rating: (1075 reviews)
Author: Gail Carson Levine
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the “gift” of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella must obey. Another girl might have been cowed by this affliction, but not feisty Ella: “Instead of making [...]