The God Beneath the Sea
by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen
illustrated by Charles Keeping
Age: 12+
Interests: Greek myths More
The God Beneath the Sea
17 Oct 2016 2 Comments
in Books, books 12+ Tags: bad behavior, creation myth, gods, Greece, monsters, myths, sex, violence
The Graveyard Book
22 Sep 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adoption, adventure, death, ghosts, monsters, orphans, violence
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Age: 10+
Interests: ghosts, ghouls, violence, orphans, monsters, adopted family, adventure
Haunted House
27 May 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: ghosts, gorillas, Hallowe'en, haunted house, monsters, pop-up books
By Jan Pienkowski
Age: 2+
Interests: pop-up books, Hallowe’en, spooky stuff, monsters
A Monster Calls
11 Apr 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 12+ Tags: bad behavior, bullying, death, family, grieving, illness, monsters, single parent
A Monster Calls
text by Patrick Ness, from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd
illustrated by Jim Kay
Age: 12+
Interests: illness, death, grieving, monsters, nightmares
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
26 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: action, creation myth, dragons, gods, Magic, monsters, myths, Norse myths, seasons, violence, war
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
New York Review Children’s Collection, 1967
155 pp.
age: 7
interests: mythology, magic, Scandinavia, Norse myths, gods, monsters, dragons, creation myths, war
also by these author/illustrators: Foxy, d’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, d’Aulaires’ Book of Trolls, Abraham Lincoln
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
05 Jun 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: adventure, castle, fairies, Fairy Tale, Magic, monsters, ogres, prince, Princess, royalty, violence
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1982
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
Angela Carter, translation
Michael Foreman, illustrations
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982
128 pp. – 12 stories
Age: 7 +
Interests: fairy tales, adventure, magic, princesses, princes, castles, ogres
Where the Wild Things Are
14 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, bad behavior, boats, monsters, night, ocean, travel
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1964
by Maurice Sendak
Harper Collins, 1963
40 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: monsters, bad behavior, adventure, travel, boats
Also by this author: Outside Over There, In the Night Kitchen, Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Note: The 2009 movie Where the Wild Things Are is quite brilliant but is not aimed at the same preschool audience as the book! Moving, complex, gorgeous and frightening – definitely more for grownups than youngsters.
Golem
07 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: folktales, giants, history, horror, Jewish folklore, Magic, monsters, religion, violence, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1997
by David Wisniewski
Clarion Books, 1996
30 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: history, religion, Jewish folklore, giants, magic, horror
Next: there is a famous silent movie about this legend, The Golem (1920) by Paul Wegener
The Gruffalo
29 Jul 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: mice, monsters, poetry
by Julia Donaldson
illustrated by Axel Scheffler
London: Macmillan, 1999
26 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: mice, monsters, animals, underdog stories
Also by this author and illustrator: The Gruffalo’s Child
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