Monday, November 6, 2017

Zombies, Werewolves, and Vampires -- Oh My!

Children love scary stories -- just look at the popularity of the Goosebumps series.  Here are some of my favorite monster books for kids . . . .

Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things by Guy Bass
Young Dinkin Dings, who is afraid of literally everything, is certain that his new next-door neighbors are flesh-eating alien space zombies.

ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Misunderstood eleven-year-old Norman Babcock must take on witches, zombies, and the school bully to save his town from a witch that cursed his town.

Vampire Island by Adele Griffin
Siblings Maddy, Lexie, and Hudson Livingstone, who are vampire-fruit bat hybrids, struggle to adjust to living as humans in New York City while maintaining their individual vampire strengths.

Mosnterland by James Crowley
Chased into the woods by neighborhood bullies who are after his Halloween candy, fifth grader Charlie Cooper quickly gets lost and finds his way into Vampyreishtat--or Monsterland, an uncharted land where werewolves, mummies, and vampires live freely--and with the help of the Monster of all Monsters, Charlie hopes he will find his cousin Billy who disappeared a year ago.

Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paulo Bacigalupi
While practicing for their next baseball game, thirteen-year-old friends Rabi, Miguel, and Joe discover that the nefarious activities of the Delbe, Iowa, meatpacking plant have caused cows to turn into zombies.


More Monster Books --
100% Wolf by Jayne Lyons
The City of Ink Drinkers by Eric Sanvoisin
Case File 13: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage
Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions by Sheila Grau
Literally Disturbed: Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Ben H. Winters
My Zombie Hamster by Havelock McCreely
Notes from a Hairy-Not-Scary Werewolf by Tim Collins
Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins
The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth
A Taste for Red by Lewis Harris
Vampire State Building by Elizabeth Levy
The Wavering Werewolf by David Lubar


Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through November 24, 2017.

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