Monster High: Monster Rescue: Track Down Twyla!


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When the ghouls receive a mysterious message from Twyla, the daughter of the Boogey Man, they decide it's time to bring another monster to the new Monster High! But nothing is quite as it seems in the creeperific Boogey Mansion. With an eerie voice leading them through a crooked maze of rooms filled with tricks and treats, Frankie Stein, Draculaura, and Clawdeen Wolf don't know which way is up, down, or sideways! All they know for sure is that this is going to be one fangtastic adventure! ©2017 Mattel, Inc. All rights reserved.




Monster High: Monster Rescue: Operation Find Cleo!


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If you know about Monster High, then you know that it is a high school hidden away from the Normie World and filled with creepy-cool monsters. But how did those monsters get there? They were rescued by three ghoulsfriends: Draculaura, Frankie Stein, and Clawdeen Wolf. This is the never-before-told story of how these ghoulfriends rescued Egyptian princess Cleo de Nile. In this epic adventure, the ghouls face off against angry mummies, escape from giant scorpions, and more as they launch a creeperific rescue mission to bring Cleo to Monster High! The first installment in a creeperific new Monster High paper-over-board series. ©2016 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.




Monster High: Monster Rescue: Go Get Lagoona!


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Draculaura, Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, and Cleo De Nile can't wait to bring another monster home to the clawsome new Monster High! Their next creeperific rescue mission leads them to the Great Barrier Reef to find the fintastic surfing sea ghoul, Lagoona Blue. But when a tropical cyclone strands the ghouls in the Australian Outback, their undersea quest is shipwrecked! Can the ghoulfriends put their brains together to find Lagoona and make their way home? ©2017 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.




Monster's Proof


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Livey's younger brother, Darby, a math genius, brings his imaginary friend to life through a mathematical proof. Bob is a creature of pure math, and he hates chaos and disorder. Now Livey, Darby, and some very unique allies must band together to find a way to stop Bob-before he fixes our disorderly world for good. Monster's Proof brings horror and math together in an unforgettable novel that will forever change the way you look at an equation.




Rescue Ink


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The true story of ten tough and tattooed bikers who rescue animals in danger Though Joe Panz, Johnny O, Batso, Big Ant, G, Angel, Des, and Eric initially met and formed their friendships at tattoo and motorcycle conventions, they soon learned that they shared another passion: animals. Each had been rescuing troubled animals on their own for years. They decided to form Rescue Ink to combat the problem of animal abuse on a larger scale. Working from tips from concerned neighbors and anonymous sources, they have rescued countless animals, including a dognapped bulldog and 180 cats from the home of a hoarder. In between rescues, they’ve protested the barbaric practices of a horse slaughterhouse, visited schools to educate children about animal kindness and that “abusers are losers,” and participated in Puppy Mill Awareness Day in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Former Newsday writer Denise Flaim chronicles their adventurous tales, detailing just what these brawny bikers, who will stop at nothing within the bounds of the law, can teach us all about respecting the creatures in our midst.




The Lamb Gang Save the Loch Ness Monster


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Uncover the Extraordinary Adventure of the Lamb Gang: Join their Mission to Save our Planet! When a mysterious MONSTER washes up on the shores of LOCH NESS in Scotland, the intrepid LAMB GANG jump into action on their first adventure. BOING! BOING! BOING! The poorly monster is barely breathing, when a curious Clover realises there’s something stuck in its throat. With the kiss of life out of the question (YUCK!), the Lamb Gang hatches an ingenious plan to save the monster before it’s too late. NESSIE – for that is who it is – is saved. HURRAY! The famous Loch Ness monster then teaches her heroic friends about the harm caused to animals by PLASTIC POLLUTION and LITTER in our waters. And so, the Lamb Gang decide there’s only one way forward – by inviting children to clean up our VERY IMPORTANT PLANET and make it like new. Children aged 4–8 will be delighted by the humorous illustrations and accessible, dyslexia-friendly text of this early reader chapter book in RHYME, which teaches the importance of the ENVIRONMENT and CONSERVATION. “IF WE LOOK AFTER OUR PLANET, OUR PLANET WILL LOOK AFTER US.” Experience the same sense of adventure as in Julia Donaldson’s books, such as The Detective Dog, with this curious and clever gang of lambs on their first mission. The first in a series of 3 delightful environmental and conservation stories for children. Don’t miss out on this adventure and important message of The Lamb Gang save the Loch Ness monster. Endorsement: I think the book looks great. It's dyslexia friendly (font, size, layout, unjustified righthand margin, images and line spaces) and will support dyslexic and reluctant readers.' Melanie Knight - Inclusion Assessment Specialist, Patois SpLD APC and SASC registered. Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Dyslexia Diagnosis and Support. (United Kingdom)




Universal Horrors


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Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner Sanctum, the authors offer a definitive study of the 86 films produced during this era and present a general overview of the period. Coverage of the films includes complete cast lists, credits, storyline, behind-the-scenes information, production history, critical analysis, and commentary from the cast and crew (much of it drawn from interviews by Tom Weaver, whom USA Today calls "the king of the monster hunters"). Unique to this edition are a new selection of photographs and poster reproductions and an appendix listing additional films of interest.




Children of the Night


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There are six of them: heroines, heroes, wise elders, mad scientists, servants and monsters. One of the most fascinating and also endearing aspects of horror films is how they use these six clearly defined character types to portray good and evil. This was particularly true of the classics of the genre, where actors often appeared in the same type of role in many different films. The development of the archetypal characters reflected the way the genre reacted to social changes of the time. As the Great Depression yielded to the uncertainty of World War II, flawed but noble mad scientists such as Henry Frankenstein gave way to Dr. Nieman (The Ghost of Frankenstein) with his dreams of revenge and world conquest. This work details the development of the six archetypes in horror films and how they were portrayed in the many classics of the 1930s and 1940s.




Phonic Books Rescue


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When disaster strikes, Erin and her friend Danny must rescue Erin's baby brother Jack. Phonic Books Rescue introduces alternative vowel spellings. Rescue comprises ten books and follows the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Talisman 1 and Phonic Books Island Adventure and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills. Book 1: A Great Break (ay, ai, a, a-e, ea, ey) Book 2: The Search Begins (ee, ea, y, e, ie, e-e, ei) Book 3: Rainbow Fish (ow, oa, o, oe, o-e) Book 4: On With the Search (er, ir, ur, or, ear) Book 5: A Long Way Down (ow, ou & oi, oy) Book 6: A Gruesome Monster (oo, ue, u-e, ew, ou, u) Book 7: Time is Running Out! (igh, ie, i-e, i, y) Book 8: An Awful Planet (aw, awe, a, au, al, ough) Book 9: No Time to Spare (air, are, ear, ere, eir) Book 10: Dark Times (ar) Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension can be found in Rescue Activities.




The Marriage Rescue


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Can a lost puppy lead to a place to belong? He didn’t want to fall in love. But he might have met the perfect wife! When a lost pup reunites Grady Jackson with his high school crush, he doesn’t expect to become engaged! Marriage wasn’t in dog groomer Beth Cooper’s immediate plans, either. But if showing off her brand-new fiancé makes her seriously ill father happy, how can she say, “I don’t”? Until Grady, a leap-before-he-looks kind of guy, proposes a more permanent temporary arrangement—one that could give them both a place to call home. New York Times Bestselling Author