Monsters
A Magic Lens Hunt for Creatures of Myth, Legend, Fairy Tale and Fiction
Age 4+
Monsters & Legendary Beings
Investigate haunted castles, spooky forests and even outer space with a monster-revealing magic lens in this striking and unusual book.
Children’s favourite monsters are hidden inside each page waiting to jump out when the magic lens is held over them. Mythological creatures, ghostly spirits and monsters from film and fiction all make an appearance. Brief, lively text tells the story of each, from their ghastly origins to their favourite meals.
Creators
Céline Potard loves to tell scary stories in her writing and theatre workshops. A former children’s book
editor, she also translates and writes magazine articles.
Sophie Ledesma has been drawing as long as she can remember. She illustrates books, textiles and news stories, using colours and shapes from her childhood.
Reviews
An unusual gallery of new and old monsters, kaiju, cryptids, creatures, and pop-culture creations. For young fans who want to make their own monsters and/or spyglass, an array of reproducible body parts for the former and simple directions for the latter bring up the rear.
Kirkus Reviews
A stellar introduction to literary and cinematic monsters. It’s interactive with a magic spy lens that lets you see hidden monsters (spoiler: it’s red cellophane). And it paves the way to lit and film classics for when the kids are older. This is just the right level of scary. We emphatically recommend Monsters to any other little monster enthusiasts out there!
Glass of Wine, Glass of Milk
This is a fun book. The pages have colourful abstract scenes of woodlands or castles, but when you use the magic lens you can see the monsters hidden within the images…an entertaining way to explore the subject. There is a short paragraph about each of the monsters, who include fairy-tale characters from around the world, and modern-day literature.
Juno Magazine
Budding sleuths will love using the ‘magical detector’ tucked inside this intriguing, interactive book … Mythological creatures, ghostly spirits and monsters from film and fiction all make an appearance and a brief, lively text reveals all their secrets, from their ghastly origins to their favourite meals. And if that wasn’t enough, children also get the chance to design their very own monster.
Lancashire Evening Post
The stylish illustrations are by Sophie Ledesma. Brief, lively text tells the story of each monster, with just the sort of facts children love, from their ghastly origins to their favourite meals. Unusual and full of the joy of stories, encouraging further reading and an interest in fictional characters.
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