Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters
Tales to Give You the Creeps

Before we do more Christmas next week, I wanted to do something random that was on the back burner before the year ends. Last year I covered one of Bruce Coville’s Book of __ collections, which have stories from a bunch of authors. There’s plenty of these and I wanted to finally do another. This time......more

I re-read these anthologies every other yeah, just about, and they never stop making me smile. I can quote the first page of "Duffy's Jacket" verbatim, and "Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen" blew my mind when I was 9. I love these so muuuuuuuch.......more

It's great to revisit a book you loved as a kid and find out it still has merit. I suppose the anthology is a mixed bag, with a few stories that are nothing more than two- or three-page jokes. "Uncle Joshua and the Groogelmen" might be my least favorite story here, which is not to say that it's bad......more

a fun collection of monster stories from some of the best in children's lit. not too scary, but the silliness of certain stories makes up for it. great for elementary school kids.......more

A fun little book to read under the covers with a flashlight to rediscover your inner child. One story involving a plague is particularly haunting, but most are just fun.......more