Presents the story of Max's adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year, 1964.

Composed towards the end of the first millennium of our era, the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is a Northern epic and a classic of European literature. In this new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is true, line by line, to the original poem.

Created and edited by Justin Kestler and Ben Florman, SparkNotes Literature Guides provide analysis of (currently) 175 classic works of English and foreign language literature - novels, biographies, plays and poetry - that most commonly appear on examination syllabuses. These books provide the insights that today's students need to know.

It is the children who see - and feel - what makes the town so different. In the storm drains and sewers 'It' lurks, taking the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. As the children grow up and move away, the horror of 'It' is buried deep - until they are called back.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster doesn't have thousands of teeth, he's small, he's cute and, despite his best efforts, he can't seem to frighten anyone. Then, one day, he meets a nervous boy called Sam and finds out that being a good friend is a whole lot more rewarding than trying to scare the tuna salad out of people!

Being a monster isn't all frightening villagers and sucking blood. Monsters have their problems too. Poor Frankenstein's cupboard is bare, Wolfman is in need of some household help and it's best not to get started on Dracula's hygiene issues. What could be scarier? This work presents poems that delve into the secret lives of various Creatures.

Presents a tale of how one town holds the secrets of a family. This book features the doorstep of the author's ancestral home in Templeton, New York in the wake of a disastrous affair with her much older, married archaeology professor.

You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the monsters we have to fight all the time. The Camp Half Blood is under attack, and unless I get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Can Percy survive?

Percy is a half-blood - the son of a Greek God. He spends his time fighting with swords, battling monsters with friends and generally trying to stay alive. Now Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks Percy has stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts?

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.

Minerva McFearless is an eleven-year-old monsterminator. Her family has been hunting down and destroying monsters for thousands of generations. But now the monsters have taken their revenge. The dreaded Zarmaglorg, the king of evil himself, has kidnapped Minerva's father. She and her little brother, Max, must set off to rescue him.

This Norton Critical Edition of Frankenstein contains the 1818 first edition text. It also includes writings by Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron which place the novel in its historical context, a selection of contemporary critical reactions and 12 modern critical essays.

It's the last Friday before the winter holidays but Percy Jackson isn't at school: he's battling the fearsome Manticore (half human, half lion), which in itself isn't ideal ...but with Annabeth missing and the goddess of the hunt held captive, things get a whole lot more serious. This book is suitable for fans of Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl .

A young monster describes all the things its mother does to show she loves it.

Boone knew that there was no place on this earth for him, no happiness here, not even with Lori. But Death itself seemed to shrink from him. No wonder, if he had indeed been the monster who had shattered and violated and shredded so many others' lives. His only refuge was 'Midian', which gathered to itself in its monstrous embrace the half-dead.

Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences. Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of ..

It began with rumours from China about another pandemic. Then the cases started to multiply and soon revealed itself to be much worse. Based on interviews with survivors and key players in the 10-year fight-back against the horde, this book brings the traditions of American journalism to bear on an incredible story in the history of civilisation.

A study of the supposedly mythical beasts that inhabit our world. Although the dragonfly was Dr Drake's vocation, this newly discovered book reveals the time he spent researching many other creatures, from manticores and unicorns to gryphons, centaurs and sea serpents. Hitherto derided as 'monsters' he is keen to show these beasts must be studied and understood rather than feared. Containing an ..

Big Brave Brian is the bravest man in the world. His house is filled with ghastly ghouls, slimy bog monsters, gormless giants and 'things that go bump in the night'. But, there is something that Brian is terrified of and it's waiting for him in his room, right now.