The Monster's Ring: A Magic Shop Book - Hardcover

Coville, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152046186 ISBN 13: 9780152046187

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Synopsis

Bruce Coville's The Monster's Ring did more than launch his career as a children's novelist, it also introduced readers to the world of Mr. Elives' Magic Shop, where boys hatch dragons, toads talk, skulls spout Shakespeare, and the heroes and heroines of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Jennifer Murdley's Toad, The Skull of Truth, and next year's Juliet Dove, Queen of Love find enchantment, adventure, and insight. Now available in twentieth anniversary editions, each of these modern classics has been given a new afterword by the author and stunning new jacket art by Tony DiTerlizzi.

Twist it once, you're horned and haired;
Twist it twice and fangs are bared;
Twist it thrice? No one has dared!
Russell is sure that the ring is just a silly magic trick, but he follows the instructions and twists the ring twice anyway--and becomes a monster!

· ABA's Pick of the Lists
· Children's Choice Award Nominee (in four states)
· IRA Children's Choice

About this title

Review:

"This lively tale . . . will appeal, at any time, to anyone who, like Russell, is 'very fond of monsters.'"

"This lively tale . . . will appeal, at any time, to anyone who, like Russell, is 'very fond of monsters.'" - "The New York Times Book Review"

"A Halloween romp, with Katherine Coville's illustrations revving up the chills and giggles . . . A junior Jekyll and Hyde." - "Publishers Weekly"

This lively tale . . . [will] appeal, at any time, to anyone who, like Russell, is very fond of monsters.’” "The New York Times Book Review"
A Halloween romp, with Katherine Coville’s illustrations revving up the chills and giggles . . . A junior Jekyll and Hyde.” "Publishers Weekly"
"This lively tale . . . [will] appeal, at any time, to anyone who, like Russell, is 'very fond of monsters.'"--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A Halloween romp, with Katherine Coville's illustrations revving up the chills and giggles . . . A junior Jekyll and Hyde."--"Publishers Weekly"

"This lively tale . . . is more than just another story about [Halloween]. . . . It is a good book that will appeal, at any time, to anyone who, like Russell, is 'very fond of monsters.'"--The New York Times Book Review "The mix of monsters, magic, and Halloween has a built-in appeal."--Booklist "Bruce Coville's story is a Halloween romp, with Katherine Coville's illustrations revving up the chills and giggles . . . a junior Jekyll and Hyde."--Publishers Weekly - ABA's Pick of the Lists - Children's Choice Award Nominee (in four states) - IRA Children's Choice

About the Author:

BRUCE COVILLE is the bestselling author of dozens of books, including Armageddon Summer (cowritten with Jane Yolen), My Teacher Is an Alien, Into the Land of the Unicorns, and The Monsters of Morley Manor. He lives in Syracuse, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0152046186
• ISBN 13: 9780152046187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Coville Katherine