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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 001.9 EAN: 9780439922555 ISBN: 0439922550 Label: Scholastic Manufacturer: Scholastic Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: August 01, 2007 Publisher: Scholastic Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Scholastic Editorial Review: Product Description: Vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more--ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA invites you to join our quest for the terrifying truth about all things ghoulish and ghastly. But beware! Surprises lurk at the turn of every page. . . . Discover a time line of ALIEN LIFE on earth--beginning 4 billion years ago! Meet a man recruited by the U.S. government to become a PSYCHIC SUPERSPY. Spend a dark and stormy night with professional GHOSTBUSTERS. Visit a mysterious library in search of DRACULA's shocking origins. Witness new photos of the actual sea monster that inspired the mythical KRAKEN. And much more! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great little book!Every page is packed with facts, information, and awesomeness, a great read and reference guide. Rating: - Every Page is PACKED: Amazing Bargain & Perfect GiftThe best way to sum it up: X-files + Ripley's + Tales from the Crypt = ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA I read a five-star review of the book somewhere and I couldn't understand what the fuss was about. But then I bought it as a gift for my nephew, and I liked it so much that I had to buy another copy for him! It PULLS you in like a hand from the grave...... The author ("Investigator Gee") has maybe achieved the impossible by creating a book that appeals to readers of all ages, ... Read More Rating:  - Entertaining and Educational Read on Supernatural and Horror's HistoryThe cover of this great book will attract you to pick it up, the content inside will make you buy it. The cover which is actually referred to inside the book so obviously must be on all published editions has a fanged skull with a spider in its eye socket in the traditional skull mouth closed pose. When you open the cover to begin reading the skull opens it mouth terrifying the spider which flees its shelter. Gimmick covers often mean average content with the gimmicky cover needed to sell the average ... Read More Rating: - "Blood sweet blood"In spite of the `horrifica' in the title, this author's tongue was tucked firmly into his own cheek during the compilation of this witty encyclopedia. Joshua Gee never comes right out and says, for example, that vampires really exist. Instead he leads his reader on with teasers such as, "If we could ask Stoker himself whether or not he believed in vampires and werewolves, what might he say? Well, hopefully nothing. After all, he's been dead since 1912!" Mindful of the age of its intended ... Read More Rating: - For any collection seeking to inspire recreational nonfiction reading in kids. Joshua Gee's ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA: THE TERRIFYING TRUTH ABOUT VAMPIRES, GHOSTS, MONSTERS AND MORE packs in evidence, special explorations, interviews and eyewitness accounts to probe the facts behind the fictional representations of mermaids, ghosts, aliens, Dracula and more. Eye-capturing color illustrations accompany `strange case' biographies and historical facts, making this much more than your usual Halloween-oriented fright title - and suitable for any collection seeking to inspire recreational nonfiction ... Read More |
