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Here Be Monsters: The Ratbridge Chronicles Volume 1 [Hardcover]

Alan Snow (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 544 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (1 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192719645
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192719645
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 15.4 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 435,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Product Description

The Big Issue, August 29, 2005

With belting characters, adorable illustrations and other fantastic inventions it will keep a child’s appetite for fun fully satisfied.

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Here Be Monsters kicks the imagination into overdrive with belting characters, adorable illustrations and other fantastic inventions that will keep a child's appetite for fun fully satisfied. With superb illustrations and a lavishly imaginative plot, Here Be Monsters suggests that Roald Dahl might well have a 21st century successor - and that JK Rowling could have some competition on her hands The Big Issue Snow's drawings suggest a Dickensian town, and his caricatures with their gormless faces and his lovingly rendered machinery make this book as much fun to look at as it is to read. NICOLETTE JONES, The Sunday Times Snow has written an amiable, at times surreal story accompanied by hundreds of fantastic black ink drawing, executed in a style half way between Mervyn Peake and Edward Gorey. It's not often a text gets as generously illustrated at this these days, and some of the architectural drawings are particularly atmospheric. Books for Keeps The story engages the reader quickly. It is a zany and funny story as quirky as the author's picture books... the visual imagery is fantastic in both senses of the word. The sheer vibrant fun of the story shines throughout. The School Librarian --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
One Fantasic book 12 Jan 2006
By Georgio
Format:Hardcover
I absolutley LOVED this book. When i first got it, it was soooooo looking foward to it. Alan Snow is a brilliant aurthor. Anyone who sent in a bad review is a nutter! I loved the part where Tom and Kipper control the doll using Grandfathers invention, and the part where the gianormous rat explodes and covers everywhere with cheese. J.K.Rowling, move aside because Alan Snow is here!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
We initially picked up this book because of the wonderful illustrations, and were delighted to find that the story and characters were just as enjoyable. Inventiveness and humour spring from the page, and the story cracks along at a good pace, too: the whole book is a joy to read. Please, Mr Snow, may we have more adventures of Arthur and his friends? Especially Tom and Kipper... and most especially of all Fish the boxtroll.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Great! 30 Oct 2005
Format:Hardcover
It's really great. It's exciting and imaginative. There are loads of wacky ideas and really strange creatures. I liked the pirates who get stuck in the canal and start a laundry. At first I thought I wouldn't like it because it's a really thick book but once I started reading it, I wanted to know what happened in the end. I loved the drawings, especially the War Rat. I can't wait for the next book.
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