- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Tundra Books (Oct 9 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0887768091
- ISBN-13: 978-0887768095
- Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 0.6 x 21 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#261,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #67 in Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Science > Folklore & Mythology
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Praise for Monsterology:
“… a funny, fascinating look inside the lives of fifteen creepy characters … Each six-page entry features a terrific black-and-white illustration…”
— School Library Journal
“Derek Mah’s black-and-white illustrations are very good at doing ghoul. Within this structure, Slade lets fly with vernacular so hip that it might hurt were it not so appropriate for his intended audience… Knowledge of monsters is every child’s birthright, and Slade does his part here by packing a considerable amount of information into each of his sketches.”
— The Globe and Mail
“…[T]he book to buy for kids who wonder where a blood-sucking fiend comes from or how badly
a Sasquatch smells.”
— Editor’s pick, Canadian Living
“… a funny, fascinating look inside the lives of fifteen creepy characters … Each six-page entry features a terrific black-and-white illustration…”
— School Library Journal
“Derek Mah’s black-and-white illustrations are very good at doing ghoul. Within this structure, Slade lets fly with vernacular so hip that it might hurt were it not so appropriate for his intended audience… Knowledge of monsters is every child’s birthright, and Slade does his part here by packing a considerable amount of information into each of his sketches.”
— The Globe and Mail
“…[T]he book to buy for kids who wonder where a blood-sucking fiend comes from or how badly
a Sasquatch smells.”
— Editor’s pick, Canadian Living
Product Description
Villainology is a veritable who’s who of characters from the underworld. Be they fictitious or all-too-genuine baddies, they are bound together by their infamous deeds. Author Arthur Slade takes a lighthearted view, nonetheless, and provides personal stats, their likes and dislikes, their high-school memories and an amazing array of cool facts along with up close and personal “interviews.” Readers will not only come away amused, they will come away with an enlarged store of general knowledge. Among the fourteen notable villains included are: The Wicked Witch of the West, Attila the Hun, The Wolf, Billy the Kid, The Headless Horseman, Morgan le Fay, Quin Hui, The Invisible Man, Scarface Capone, and a lineup of Shakespeare’s most memorable villains. Never-before-seen portraits of each by artist Derek Mah, make for a deliciously delectable rogue’s gallery.
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Villains as you have never seen them before,
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This review is from: Villainology: Fabulous Lives of the Big, the Bad, and the Wicked (Paperback)
This book and its companion volume Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead go side by side like a two pieces of toast. They are wonderful to read. After reading them through the first time, I pick them up and randomly flip through and read different profiles. Wonderfully illustrated with portraits of each villain and small embellishments through the book by Derek Mah, this book is fun and frivolous and just plain fantastic.In this volume there are profiles of 15 villains are: The Wicked Witch of The West Atilla the Hun The Wolf Billy the Kid The Headless Horseman Morhan le Fay Qin Hui Shakespearian Cillians The Invisible Monster Emperor Nero The Queen (from Little Snow White) Scarface Capone Scrooge The Phantom of the Opera (Not the Webbrowser.) Mephistopheles Arthur Slade, in a very cheeky fashion, presents a short biography of each of these characters. He tells their story with a mix of the story they come from - myth, legends, and his own twisted take on their life and times. Each profile is an attempt to elicit a response and will probably cause many young readers to pursue some of the classics that they are drawn from. This book is very well done and was a great pleasure to read, and I am sure I will reread it again and again. Bravo.
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Villains as you have never seen them before,
By Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Villainology: Fabulous Lives of the Big, the Bad, and the Wicked (Paperback)
This book and its companion volume Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead go side by side like a two pieces of toast. They are wonderful to read. After reading them through the first time, I pick them up and randomly flip through and read different profiles. Wonderfully illustrated with portraits of each villain and small embellishments through the book by Derek Mah, this book is fun and frivolous and just plain fantastic.In this volume there are profiles of 15 villains are: The Wicked Witch of The West Atilla the Hun The Wolf Billy the Kid The Headless Horseman Morhan le Fay Qin Hui Shakespearian Cillians The Invisible Monster Emperor Nero The Queen (from Little Snow White) Scarface Capone Scrooge The Phantom of the Opera (Not the Webbrowser.) Mephistopheles Arthur Slade, in a very cheeky fashion, presents a short biography of each of these characters. He tells their story with a mix of the story they come from - myth, legends, and his own twisted take on their life and times. Each profile is an attempt to elicit a response and will probably cause many young readers to pursue some of the classics that they are drawn from. This book is very well done and was a great pleasure to read, and I am sure I will reread it again and again. Bravo. |
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