Everything I Know about Monsters: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Creatures of Creepiness

by Tom Lichtenheld

Book Overview

Where did all these monsters come from? The closet, the basement, under the bed, the outhouse, even the school furnace room But mostly, they came from a healthy imagination, just like yours Using a patented system of made-up facts and educated guesses, Everything I Know About Monsters reveals all the gory details about creatures of creepiness: what they eat (dirty socks), what's in their brains (not much), and how to scare them out of the basement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068984381X
• ISBN13: 9780689843815
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A boys book

My six year old thinks this book is great. I bought this and "Everything I know About Pirates" and he loves both.Recommended for boys aged 5-9.

Everything you need to know about Monsters!

This is just a plain FUN book!!! I loved it from beginning to end. I've got to get the one he did about Pirates now! The kids I've showed it to, loved it! The illustrations are well done and very funny. The text is hilarious!

A Monster of a Good Time.....

Even though Tom Lichtenheld tells the reader on the first page of this book, in no uncertain terms, that there really are no such things as monsters... "No monsters, ever, nowhere, nohow", he also makes it clear that "monsters DO exist in our imaginations." And since he's considered an expert storyteller with an oversized, vivid imagination, he's done us the honor of writing the quintessential book using made-up facts and best guesses about monsters. From under-the-bed monsters, closet monsters, basement and attic monsters, to man-made monsters, robots, and even aliens, find out what they eat, where they live, what they do, how they think, and even how much light it takes to keep a monster away. Mr Lichtenheld's easy to read and hilarious text is entertaining, and only outdone by his bold, bright, and busy illustrations. Each captivating two page spread is chock full of creative fun facts, engaging jokes, clever cartoons, and funny captions, and youngsters will enjoy poring over every inch of each fun-filled page. Perfect for kids 6-10, Everything I Know About Monsters is a silly, interactive, manic, romp no red-blooded monster lover should be without.

shadow monsters, puddle monsters, and robots...oh my!

Grab a pen and write down the name of every child you know and order at least that many copies of Tom's latest book. It's the kind of book you'll race to read to your child's class. The kind you're thrilled to donate to the school library. The book you can't wait to give to all your friends...before it wins all the awards. Tom's illustrations are so detailed and funny you're sure to find something new and gruesome and oooky with every reading. And his writing is so full of jokes for kids and grown-ups, that you won't mind reading it for the cajillionth time. I love the charts for making up your own monsters. (You'll find a great one for making up pirate names in Tom's first book..Everything I Know About Pirates) My favorite bit tells why trees cast shadow monsters in your room at night. And the food pyramid for monsters is a hoot...and frighteningly similar to the one my children follow.I think the scariest thing about this book is that one person has the talent to write and illustrate a book this wonderful. You'd almost think some mad scientist made Tom Lichtenheld in a lab with a brain marked "Hal Larious."

So good, it's creeeeepy.

Great book! It's one of those very rare children's books that is as appealing to adults as it is to kids, but often on very different levels. This tongue-in-cheek tribute covers the spectrum from "man-made monsters" to "TV monsters" to "space aliens" and beyond. The hilarious asides in the margins alone are worth the price of admission (don't miss "How many cave monsters are in the cave?"). And the "Official Mad Scientist Monster Maker" will have your kids writing their very own monster chronicles. As a bonus, if your child is the least bit afraid of "monsters" of any kind, this light-hearted book will help alleviate their anxietiy.I think this work actually surpasses Mr. Lichtenheld's wonderful predecessor "Everything I know about Pirates", but then I've always been a huge monster fan. Or is that monstrous monster fan?