Monsters

Biggest, Baddest Books

by Anders Hanson, Elissa Mann

Scamper into the world of frightening fiends! The Biggest, Baddest Book of Monsters will take you on a journey to uncover the most hair-raising, spine-chilling, blood-curdling monsters. Learn about haunted places and infested lakes. Get the dirt on zombies and vampires! Hang on to your hats! Biggest, Baddest Books for Boys are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Genres: Nonfiction

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I came across this book while doing inventory at the library. I loved the pictures inside this book. The colors chosen were excellent and the book screamed creepy. What I didn’t like was that there wasn’t that much information inside this book. The book gave basic information on a variety of monsters and I really didn’t feel it was the Biggest, Baddest Book of Monsters.

Inside the book, I found a two-page spread on a variety of different monsters from Bigfoot to zombies to ghosts. I liked that they covered a variety of monsters but a lot of details, they did not provide. On the werewolf’s pages, I learned how to defeat a werewolf, how to spot a werewolf, when they change and what they look like when they change. I found the illustrations wonderful and entertaining as they were both cartoonish and humanist in nature.

It’s a fun book to look through and you might learn a thing or two. I think kids will enjoy thumbing through it and it would be good for a resource.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

January 2020 - short enough to read aloud in one sitting, with just enough scary stuff to make Ben happy (but not too scary).