Learn to fight monsters with Z. Fraillon’s Monstrum House series

October 27, 2011 No comments

“LOCKED IN” and “CREEPED OUT,” by Z. Fraillon, Hardie Grant Books, Sept. 1, 2011, $8.99 each (ages 9-12) If you’re still looking for some creepy books to read for Halloween, “Locked in ” and “Creeped Out,” by Z. Fraillon are two very good options. Both part of the Monstrum House series, “Locked in ” and…

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Paper technique creates otherworldy feel in ‘One Spooky Night’

October 11, 2011 No comments

“ONE SPOOKY NIGHT: A Halloween Adventure,” by Kate Stone, Accord Publishing, Aug. 9, 2011, $11.99 (ages 6 and up) and “THE RAINBOW BOOK,” by Kate Ohrt, Accord Publishing, February 2011, $9.99 (ages 6 and up) If you’re looking for a different kind of Halloween book, one that the whole family can enjoy, then “One Spooky…

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Get a taste of the dark side with ‘Frangoline and the Midnight Dream’

October 10, 2011 No comments

“FRANGOLINE AND THE MIDNIGHT DREAM,” by Clemency Pearce, illustrated by Rebecca Elliott, Chicken House, $16.99 (ages 3 and up) During the day, Frangoline is bright and clean and does what she is told, but in the deepest dark of the night she makes a midnight hour escape. Out the window and across the grass, she…

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