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Monster, published April 21, 1999 by HarperCollins, is a young adult drama novel by American author Walter Dean Myers. It was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000, [ 1 ] and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year.
I Need My Monster is a picture book written by Amanda Noll, illustrated by Howard McWilliam, and published by Flashlight Press. Since its publication in 2009, I Need My Monster has been translated into Korean , German , Hebrew , Ukrainian , and Chinese .
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster (known on the front cover as Your Pal Mo Willems Presents: Leonardo, the Terrible Monster) is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mo Willems. An ALA Notable Book, it was released in 2005 by Hyperion Books. [1] In 2007, Weston Woods adapted the book to an animated film, directed by Pete List. [2]
Originally written to introduce young children to the concept of reading a book from beginning to end, The Monster at the End of This Book is the bestselling Sesame Street book title of all time. [citation needed] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children ...
Some well-known examples of Anthropocene Monster literature include books by Jeff VanderMeer, as well as Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh. Even retellings, such as T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead, tackle the Anthropocene even while writing in the tradition of Monster literature.
An archetypical example is the simple peasant successfully put to the test by a King who wishes a suitable suitor for his daughter. In this fairy tale, no brave and valiant prince or knight succeeds. Aided only by his natural wit, the peasant evades danger and triumphs over monsters and villains without fighting.
The Sea of Monsters was released on April 1, 2006, [2] by Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children, [1] [2] and thus Disney Publishing (succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint). It was generally well–received and was nominated for numerous awards, including the 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick [ 3 ] and the 2009 Mark Twain ...
A Monster Calls is a low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd), illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker Books in 2011. [1] Set in present-day England , it features a boy who struggles to cope with the consequences of his mother's illness.