The Ooga Booga Monster


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When my youngest child was just a tiny tot, there was a season when we had a difficult time helping her overcome her fear of "monsters" at bedtime. This is a book about helping small children overcome their fear of monsters by taking matters into their own hands and replacing fear with laughter. Monsters may "seem" scary, but as my little one realized, they really don't have to be.




Ooga Booga Music Monster


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A rhyming children's book that exposes children to rhythm and musical meter. Ooga Booga Music Monster turns story time into music and movement time. These preschool-tested stories get children up and moving as they sway like grass, swim like an octopus, and fly like a dragon! Each story features a different musical meter, as well as a familiar chorus that teaches your child their first musical interval: the minor third.This music and movement book for kids comes with accompanying songs available for free on youtube! Teach children early music concepts with this adorable little monster who is still learning how to share.Musical Concepts:* Rhythm* Meter* Tempo* Dynamics* Intervals* PhrasingSocial Development:* Sharing* Non-violence* EmpathyLanguage Development:* New Vocabulary* Rhyming* Dyslexic-friendly font




Ooga-Booga


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From the winner of the PEN/Voelker Award, poems of love, terror, rage, and desire. Here I am, not a practical man, But clear-eyed in my contact lenses, Following no doubt a slightly different line than the others, Seeking sexual pleasure above all else, Despairing of art and of life, Seeking protection from death by seeking it On a racebike, finding release and belief on two wheels . . . --from "The Death of the Shah" The poems in Ooga-Booga are about a youthful slave owner and his aging slave, and both are the same man. This is the tenderest, most savage collection yet from Frederick Seidel, "the most frightening American poet ever" (Calvin Bedient, Boston Review).




Foundling


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The orphan Rossamnd--a boy with a girl's name--begins his journey through the perilous Half-Continent, where the human race lives in perpetual conflict with monsters of every shape and description, in this acclaimed first installment of a new Dickensian adventure series. Illustrations.




God Help the Child


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book • This fiery and provocative novel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger. Rain, the mysterious white child with whom she crosses paths. And finally, Bride’s mother herself, Sweetness, who takes a lifetime to come to understand that “what you do to children matters. And they might never forget.” “Powerful.... A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times







Edison's Frankenstein


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THE COMPLETE TORTUROUS STORY of the 1910 film version of Frankenstein is narrated in this 100th Anniversary edition. Everything you ever wanted to know about the classic first Frankenstein film and then some. This highly researched document begins in the dusty archives of Thomas A. Edison and follows a trail of evidence that leads through the tattered pages of pre- Hollywood film history. The story unfolds of the making of the film and its disappearance on to the actual re-discovery of the long-lost 1910 Frankenstein film starring Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips, and Mary Fuller, and finally getting it released on DVD. Helped step-by-step with obscure Edison Manufacturing Co. documents and numerous rare photographs, many published for the very first time, this motion picture, its unknown impact on later Frankenstein films and intertextuality are finally revealed and brought back to life. Created in a style that appeals to all audiences, author Wiebel brings forth a living book from dead tissues. Edison's Frankenstein stands on its own in the world of horror filmography and is a welcome edition to any library. "Of the over 400 books on Frankenstein that I have in my library, this is the gem of my collection and the one I've been waiting for." - Forrest J. Ackerman




The Guide To Monster-Hunting For The Totally Incompetent


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Legend-in-his-own-mind Todd Daniels is back with his unique brand of mildly helpful, mostly nonsensical tips for aspiring adventurers. This time he targets the unwitting eyes and ears of amateur monster-hunters.




Puppy Pirates #5: Search for the Sea Monster


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Ahoy, mateys! Set sail for fun and adventure on a pirate ship full of puppies. It’s hide-and-seek . . . with a sea monster?! The puppy pirates are embarking on a quest to find a mysterious monster far out at sea. This epic adventure takes bravery and smarts—and no one suspects that their quiet new crewmate, Einstein, could be the hero of the day. But then again, you can’t judge a pup by his fur!