Making Friends with Frankenstein: A Book Of Monstrous Poems And Pictures

Making Friends with Frankenstein: A Book Of Monstrous Poems And Pictures

by Mcnaughton Colin (Author), Colin McNaughton (Author), Charles McNaughton (Illustrator)

Synopsis

A collection of 55 illustrated poems about ghouls, ghosts, beasts and weirdos featuring characters like The Wild Bill Hickock Bird, The Doom Merchant, Sophie Charlotte Wyatt-Wyatt and the unfortunate Professor Blinker. There are also poems about the fiendish secrets of the Jekyll and Hyde Park, what an ogre eats for his breakfast and some very human monsters as well. Colin McNaughton has written and illustrated three other volumes of verse, "There's an Awful Lot of Weirdos in our Neighbourhood", "Who's Been Sleeping in my Porridge?" and "Santa Claus is Superman". He has won prizes for his previous work, "Have You Seen Who's Just Moved in Next Door to Us" won the 1991 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award, "Jolly Roger", won the 1989 British Children's Book Award, and "Watch Out for the Giant-Killers" and was shortlisted for the 1991 Earthworm Award.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Edition: New
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 16 Sep 1993

ISBN 10: 0744530024
ISBN 13: 9780744530025
Prizes: Winner of British Book Design & Production Award: Children's Trade Category 1994.