Cover of Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to Give You the Creeps

Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to Give You the Creeps

by John Pierard · 1993

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A horribly good anthology from the bestselling author of My Teacher Is an Alien and My Teacher Flunked the Planet. Featured here are 13 monster tales, nine original and four reprinted favorites, by some of the best writers in the genre—Jack Prelutsky, Jane Yolen, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
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short · 164 pages
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