Toad Monster—Dangerous Wind Chime

Author: (USA) Blackwood
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book has suspenseful moments that will make your skin crawl, captivating even the littlest kids 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, stories of a mystical world, and richly developed characters in an appropriately eerie atmosphere, with appropriately strange creatures, and suspense that develops appropriately, making young readers eager to know what happens next. Little brother Simon's cat, Tibbs, disappears mysteriously. Soon after, Simon is kidnapped by an invisible monster. On their journey to find little brother Simon, Maggie and Gary encounter a magical green toad creature for the first time. They cleverly evade multiple attacks by the green toad creature. In this "game," the siblings receive help from the elf Simbuka, obtain stone glasses that can see the green toad creature, and finally come up with a brilliant plan to successfully rescue little brother Simon from the green toad creature's camp.