Toad Monster—Mysterious Map

Author: (USA) Blackwood
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book has suspense that will make your skin crawl, captivating even the littlest children who can't read "Harry Potter." Like "Harry Potter" and "Lemony Snicket" series, it brings children the same kind of fantasy and mythical stories. It features vivid Gothic-style pencil drawings and color illustrations, mischievous riddles, tales of a mystical world, and richly developed characters in an appropriately eerie atmosphere, with appropriately strange creatures, and appropriately suspenseful developments where every event makes young readers eager to know what happens next. In an old house, three children are constantly attacked by mysterious creatures. To unravel the mystery, they convince their mother to take them to meet their aunt, Ludmilla. Aunt Ludmilla was tormented by a toad creature in her childhood and mistakenly ate a small red fruit given to her by a fairy. From then on, Aunt Ludmilla found it hard to swallow any other food. The hardships of Aunt Ludmilla's childhood made the children feel even more strongly that the old house hid a great secret. To completely solve the mystery, the children begin an exciting battle against fairies and monsters.