Singer, Marilyn Monster museum ISBN 13: 9780439400312

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Come in--if you dare--and meet the werewolf, Count Dracula, the mummy, and some of their slimy, screaming, slithering friends. They're just dying to show you a good time!

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Enter, if you dare, the Monster Museum, whose halls are crowded with the likes of Count Dracula, Bigfoot, poltergeists, Medusa, mummies, zombies, werewolves, and The Blob. Nine gawking children, dressed in itchy-looking green tweed school uniforms, are led through the spider-strewn museum by a sinister, leering docent, who introduces each ghastly monster in verse:
Alas, King Kong, he sealed his fate
When he climbed up the Empire State
Oh, why'd he try this great escape?
'Cause they called him a monkey
And he was an ape!
While Marilyn Singer's rhymes are often forced, the humor and subtle edification compensates. (One myth debunked: Frankenstein is the name of the scientist, not the creature himself, who whines "No wonder I'm cranky-- / Stop calling me Frankie! / Won't somebody give me a name!"). Gris Grimly's weird illustrations are appropriately creepy--even the regular human beings (who systematically disappear throughout the tour) sport some grotesque body parts, including giant, gnarled hands. (Ages 4 to 7) --Emilie Coulter
About the Author:
MARILYN SINGER is the author of more than eighty books for children and young adults, includingCity Lullaby,First Food Fight This Fall,andMonster Museum. Marilyn's ancestors actually hail from the Carpathian Mountains, the home of Count Dracula. But no one in her family has turned into a vampire-yet. She and her husband currently live with a variety of creatures in Brooklyn, NY, and Washington, CT.

GRIS GRIMLY is the illustrator of several creepy picture books, includingEdgar Allen Poe's Tales of Mystery and MadnessandThe Dangerous Alphabet.He is also an author, sculptor, fine artist and filmmaker. Learn more and stay informed at www.madcreator.com.

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  • PublisherScholastic
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0439400317
  • ISBN 13 9780439400312
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages40
  • IllustratorGris Grimly
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