Creeping Bookends (Library of Doom)

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One evening, a young boy is accidentally locked inside the library. Suddenly, a pair of lizard bookends come alive! The boy watches as the ravenous reptiles gobble up stacks of books. Will the Librarian arrive before the boy becomes their next meal

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The Creeping Bookends (Stone Arch Books, 978-1-4342-0486-8) takes place in the Library of Doom, "the world's largest collection of strange and dangerous books." A young boy gets locked inside the library, where "he was reading behind a tall bookshelf." Strange things happen.The Stone Arch Adventure books are the kind that kindergartners will check out for there parents to read out loud, but they are also learning books for older children. Reminiscent of the Lemony Snicket series, author Michael Dahl and illustrator Bradford Kendall have chosen and highlighted six to eight vocabulary words in each book through repetition and graphics.-- "Foreword Magazine"
What a combination of the unlikely! Thrills, kids, chills, books, and librarians! The Creeping Bookends (Stone Arch Books, 978-1-4342-0486-8) takes place in the Library of Doom, "the world's largest collection of strange and dangerous books." A young boy gets locked inside the library, where "he was reading behind a tall bookshelf." Strange things happen. Cave of the Bookworms (978-1-4342-0489-9) is even creepier with dreams and monsters, but this reviewer knows that had her sons had access to this book in particular, it would now be limp from reading and rereading. The Stone Arch Adventure books are the kind that kindergartners will check out for their parents to read out loud, but they are also learning books for older children. Reminiscent of the Lemony Snicket series, author Michael Dahl and illustrator Bradford Kendall have chosen and highlighted six to eight vocabulary words in each book through repetition and graphics. For librarians who save the day and kids who like a little bump in their night, these books are ghouliscious.-- "Foreword Magazine"

Author Bio

Michael Dahl is the author of more than 100 books for children. He has twice been won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award for his non-fiction. He has also been shortlisted by the Edgar Awards.