On Monsters

On Monsters
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 369
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199798094
ISBN-13 : 0199798095
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis On Monsters by : Stephen T. Asma

"A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."--The New Yorker

You Can Count on Monsters

You Can Count on Monsters
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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9781470422097
ISBN-13 : 1470422093
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis You Can Count on Monsters by : Richard Evan Schwartz

This book is a unique teaching tool that takes math lovers on a journey designed to motivate kids (and kids at heart) to learn the fun of factoring and prime numbers. This volume visually explores the concepts of factoring and the role of prime and composite numbers. The playful and colorful monsters are designed to give children (and even older audiences) an intuitive understanding of the building blocks of numbers and the basics of multiplication. The introduction and appendices can also help adult readers answer questions about factoring from their young audience. The artwork is crisp and creative and the colors are bright and engaging, making this volume a welcome deviation from standard math texts. Any person, regardless of age, can profit from reading this book. Readers will find themselves returning to its pages for a very long time, continually learning from and getting to know the monsters as their knowledge expands. You Can Count on Monsters is a magnificent addition for any math education program and is enthusiastically recommended to every teacher, parent and grandparent, student, child, or other individual interested in exploring the visually fascinating world of the numbers 1 through 100.

Alfred's Book of Monsters

Alfred's Book of Monsters
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Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 9781580898331
ISBN-13 : 1580898335
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Alfred's Book of Monsters by : Sam Streed

Trick or treat? With nods to Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, and Neil Gaiman, this humorous picture book about a Victorian boy obsessed with monsters presents a dark and appealing world, created by debut author/illustrator Sam Streed. In the graveyard, between stone monuments for forgotten souls, lurks the Black Shuck. . . . Its one blood-red eye burns with an undying rage. After reading about the slimy Nixie, the angry Black Shuck, and the creepy Lantern Man in his beloved Book of Monsters, Alfred decides to invite the monsters to teatime with his crusty old aunty, who thinks monsters are an improper obsession for a respectable young boy.

The Monstrous Book of Monsters

The Monstrous Book of Monsters
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Publisher : Templar
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0763657565
ISBN-13 : 9780763657567
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Monstrous Book of Monsters by : Libby Hamilton

Packed with foul facts and disgusting drawings, this book will tell you everything you need to know about avoiding the monstrous menace ... almost!

No More Monsters Under Your Bed!

No More Monsters Under Your Bed!
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Publisher : Jimmy Patterson
Total Pages : 35
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ISBN-10 : 9780316453868
ISBN-13 : 0316453862
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis No More Monsters Under Your Bed! by : Jordan Chouteau

Are your kids too afraid of monsters to fall asleep at night? This whimsical book and its magical no-more-monsters patch could solve ALL of their problems! This charmingly illustrated picture book will have little ones giggling all the way to bedtime! Kids and adults alike will love the goofy, adorable, not-too-spooky monsters, and the socially positive messages about sharing and conquering your fears--even if you need the help of a little magic to do it! And best of all--every book comes with a FREE interactive no-more-monsters patch that kids can attach to their own pajamas and use to scare off their monsters, too.

On Monsters and Marvels

On Monsters and Marvels
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780226645612
ISBN-13 : 0226645614
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis On Monsters and Marvels by : Ambroise Pare

Ambroise Paré, born in France around 1510, was chief surgeon to both Charles IX and Henri III. In one of the first attempts to explain birth defects, Paré produced On Monsters and Marvels, an illustrated encyclopedia of curiosities, of monstrous human and animal births, bizarre beasts, and natural phenomena. Janice Pallister's acclaimed English translation offers a glimpse of the natural world as seen by an extraordinary Renaissance natural philosopher.

A Cosmology of Monsters

A Cosmology of Monsters
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Publisher : Pantheon
Total Pages : 338
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781524747671
ISBN-13 : 152474767X
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis A Cosmology of Monsters by : Shaun Hamill

Shielded by his mother and sisters from his father’s obsessive construction of a haunted house attraction, young Noah considers an ultimate sacrifice when he chooses to acknowledge a monster that his family members have tried to ignore.

This Book Is Full of Monsters

This Book Is Full of Monsters
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Publisher : Clavis
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1605373605
ISBN-13 : 9781605373607
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis This Book Is Full of Monsters by : Guido Van Genechten

"This is a book full of monsters: small, smelly, yelling, creepy...monsters! So it's a book for hard core monster lovers, but also for beginners in monsterology. With shock effects! Try it yourself! Softies keep out! Conquer your deepest fears! Tremble and shiver with pleasure! Are you scared already? No? Just you wait and see. (Includes a monstrously fun pop-up spread at the end of the book!)"--Amazon.com.

The Comfort of Monsters

The Comfort of Monsters
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780861543557
ISBN-13 : 0861543556
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Comfort of Monsters by : Willa C. Richards

‘Every sentence is a delight in this taut and thrilling debut by Willa Richards.’ Elizabeth Wetmore, author of Valentine ‘Richards has flipped the usual narrative, centring not on the crime itself but on the loss that ripples from it.’ New York Times Book Review A remarkable debut novel for fans of Mary Gaitskill and Gillian Flynn about two sisters – one who disappears and the other who is left to pick up the pieces. In the summer of 1991, teen Dee McBride vanished in the city of Milwaukee. It was the summer the Journal Sentinel dubbed ‘the deadliest . . . in the history of Milwaukee.’ Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s heinous crimes dominated the headlines and the disappearance of one girl was easily overlooked. 2019, nearly thirty years later, Dee's sister, Peg, is still haunted by her disappearance. Desperate to find out what happened to her, the family hire a psychic and Peg is plunged back into the past. But Peg’s hazy recollections are far from easy to interpret and digging deep into her memory raises terrifying questions. How much trust can we place in our own recollections? How often are our memories altered by the very act of speaking them aloud? And what does it mean to bear witness in a world where even our own stories about what happened are inherently suspect? A heartbreaking page-turner, Willa C. Richards’ debut novel is the story of a broken family looking for answers in the face of the unknown.

Monsters You Should Know

Monsters You Should Know
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 119
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781452167800
ISBN-13 : 145216780X
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Monsters You Should Know by : Emma Sancartier

“A humorous—and richly illustrated—book full of quirky monsters. SanCartier’s creatures are somehow both cute and terrifying.” —USA Today Meet the world’s most unusual monsters in this darkly funny collection of creatures and cryptids from folkloric history. Illustrator Emma SanCartier captures the bizarre and hilarious elements of seventeen monsters from around the world in a light, tongue-in-cheek tone, from the Japanese dream-eater Baku and the Persian carnivorous unicorn Shadhavar to the Eastern European Shurale, a literal tickle monster. Illustrated in lush watercolor, Monsters You Should Know is a perfect primer for the many strange, frightening, and compelling things that go bump in the night. “An important book on monsters you should know about, mostly because it turns out they’re really cute.” —Buzzfeed