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Enter an enchanted land of mythical creatures where manticores reign and ogres roar-a land of mystery and fright. A unique twist on traditional rhymes of everyone's youth, "Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes" presents a more sinister approach to these childhood classics, and yet the sing-song nature of the poems renders them playful and jovial at the same time. Little Witch Muffet is not frightened by a silly, little spider; she simply adds him to her stew Rotten zombies, giants, dwarves, and goblins mingle with werewolves, centaurs, and fauns. Follow along the skeleton stepping stones, scale up a palisade, claw at the window of a tasty child and bake him into a pumpkin shell. Monsters cook up delicious elvish pie, too Every kid who has an eensy weensy bit of sense wants a pet with feathers white as snow, who flies like an eagle and bleats like a goat-a hippogriff, of course Six forest sprites with four times as many pixies escape from a loaf of bread atop the elaborate table of the fey queen; her feast has flown away If you enjoy mischief and have a penchant for the morbidly hilarious, the Herzs' rhymes will satisfy your mythological curiosities. Larson's illustrations give new life to these ancient figures, and her artistic style employs the bold lines and colorful movement of an action-packed comic book. The author also includes a "bestiary" with information about the book's legendary creatures, which hail from Scotland, Germany, Italy, Persia, Haiti, and Scandinavia.
About the Author
Henry Herz writes fantasy and science fiction for children. He is represented by Deborah Warren of East/West Literary Agency. He's written MONSTER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES (Pelican, 2015; Best Picture Book at SoCal SCBWI Editor's Day) , WHEN YOU GIVE AN IMP A PENNY (Pelican, 2016) , MABEL AND THE QUEEN OF DREAMS (Schiffer, 2016; Finalist, Foreword Indies Best Picture Book) , LITTLE RED CUTTLEFISH (Pelican, 2016) , CAP'N REX & HIS CLEVER CREW (Sterling, 2017) , GOOD EGG & BAD APPLE (Schiffer, 2018) , HOW THE SQUID GOT TWO LONG ARMS (Pelican, 2018) , ALICE'S MAGIC GARDEN (Familius, 2018) , TWO PIRATES ONE ROBOT (Kane Miller, 2019) , and SHERLOCK CHICK & BUNNY WATSON (Pelican, 2019) .
Henry and his sons have also indie-published four children's books. NIMPENTOAD reached #1 in Kindle Best Sellers large print sci-fi & fantasy, and was featured in Young Entrepreneur, Wired GeekDad, and CNN. BEYOND THE PALE featured short stories by award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors Saladin Ahmed, Peter S. Beagle, Heather Brewer, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Kami Garcia, Nancy Holder, Gillian Philip & Jane Yolen, and reached #2 in Amazon Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Anthologies.
Henry is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) . Henry participates in literature panels at a variety of conventions, including San Diego Comic-Con and WonderCon. He reviews children's books for the San Francisco Book Review and the San Diego Book Review.
Josh's LEGO diorama "Zombie Apocalypse" was featured in the Creative Endeavors section of the Nov/Dec 2015 issue of Cicada Magazine. His Warhammer diorama "Band of Brothers" was in the Jul/Aug 2014 issue. His LEGO diorama "The Doorways of Life" was in the Mar/Apr 2014 issue. Josh's poem "Mom" was featured in Sept 2014 in Highlights for Kids.
