The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast A lovely holiday with her Granny at Bonkillyknock Castle beside the loch sounds ideal to Mary-Kate Martin. There will definitely not be any monsters and what’s more, she has her rucksuck full of lucky charms and a brand new tam-o’-shanter hat with a red sequinned pom pom on the top.…
Mo (full name Monday the 16th) is about to take on his biggest ever challenge! How can he be the one to protect his village when he is terrified of monsters? After failing on his very first day, Mo comes up with a radical plan. He will enter the forbidden forest, catch a monster and…
Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Pádraig Kenny’s new children’s novel Stitch is an achingly tender exploration of what it means to be alive, and what it means to be monster. Is it how you look, or is it how you behave? The themes of the novel are big…HUGE…but the story is simply and succinctly told…
Spooky season is upon us and there are spooky books for all kinds of readers – sci-fi lovers, puzzle-busters, folktale fanatics and more. Here are just a few recommendations from the My Book Corner shelves. Read on …if you dare! The Skull by Jon Klassen With its spooky vibes that are also sweet and…
Apprentice monster hunter, Jack, receives a distraught message from the Sisters of Perpetual Misery – they need his help and FAST! Ready for adventure with a dollop of chaos and mayhem thrown in, Jack makes his way to Muckle Abbey with his trusty ‘Monster Hunting for Beginners’ manual. What could possibly go wrong? With time…
A little bit of flour, some butter, a pinch of luck and a teaspoon of perseverance, not forgetting a dash of the Very Secret Ingredient – give it all a stir, bake in the oven for 20 minutes and what do you get? Monster-busting doughnuts! Grace is a monster hunter. Some monsters are scary and…
This book is not for the faint hearted! There’s Slobber, dribble and gore galore, hairy moments and scary moments, a greedy, gruesome, vomiting beast, stinky exotic birds and so much more! ‘The Beast and the Bethany’ is an absolutely brilliant, gloriously dark, romp of a read! Geniusly addictive and packed with the kind of macabre…
Ten Little Monsters, from Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty, is part of the fabulous Ten Little picture book series. A counting book with fun and rhyme – this one concentrates on counting backwards from ten. ‘Ten little monsters waken from their sleep, Blinking in the candlelight, in the castle deep, Going trick or treating, will…
I Want To Be In A Scary Story is the latest collaboration between Sean Taylor and Jean Jullien (Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise). When a little monster asks the narrator to be in a scary story, we suppose that she wants to be the scary one. But no, the cute little craggy-toothed creature is transported…
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Ooh, this sounds fantastic!
Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…