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The Weeping Werewolf

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 The Weeping Werewolf


基本信息出版社:Aladdin Paperbacks
页码:71 页
出版日期:2005年10月
ISBN:0689857586
条形码:9780689857584
版本:2005-10-01
装帧:平装
开本:32开 Pages Per Sheet
丛书名:Moongobble and Me
外文书名:哭泣的狼人

内容简介 Book Description
In The Dragon of Doom, Moongobble successfully completed his first mighty task — collecting the Golden Acorns of Alcoona. So now it's time for him to complete the second one. he must bring back a bottle containing the tears of the Weeping Werewolf! But werewolves are scary, dangerous creatures. How can Moongobble, a magician with a good heart but who's not much good at magic, collect the tears without being torn to shreds?

Luckily, Edward, Fireball the dragon, and Urk, Moongobble's faithful toad, are all there to help him. Together they go in search of the Weeping Werewolf, and end up with much more that they bargained for!

From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4In this second book in the series, young Edward and his friends must help Moongobble the Wizard complete the second Mighty Task so that he can become a member of the Society of Magicians. The boy, the wizard, the Rusty Knight, Urk the toad, and Fireball the dragon head into the forever-darkened Forest of the Night to bring home a bottle of the Weeping Werewolf's tears and make the shocking discovery that the creature is Edward's long-lost father. Now, in addition to fulfilling the task, they must also find a way to break the curse that has transformed the man into a monster and kept him from his family all these years. Coville presents an excellent picture of Edward's hopeful but uncertain reactions to finding the father he never knew. The author seamlessly weaves in issues of bullying (Edward is teased for not having a father and later feels guilty for taunting the werewolf) into the flow of his lighthearted fantasy. The charming graphite sketches are a perfect complement to the humorous prose. An excellent choice for fans of Kate McMullan's "Dragon Slayers' Academy" books (Grosset & Dunlap) and Tony Abbott's "The Secrets of Droon" series (Scholastic).
                           Jenna Miller, Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, FL

Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.3                 width:(cm)13.4
作者简介 Bruce Coville is the author of nearly ninety books for young readers, including the international best-seller My Teacher Is an Alien. He has been a teacher, a toy maker, a cookware salesman, and a grave digger. In addition to his work as an author, Bruce is much in demand as a speaker and as a storyteller. He is also the founder and president of Full Cast Audio, a company dedicated to producing unabridged recordings of children's books in a full-cast format. For more information about Bruce, check out www.brucecoville.com.^Katherine Coville is an artist, a sculptor, and a doll maker who specializes in highly detailed images of creatures never before seen in this world. She has illustrated several books written by her husband, Bruce Coville, including Goblins in the Castle, Aliens Ate My Homework, and the Space Brat series.

Bruce and Katherine live in Syracuse, New York, with a varying assortment of pets and children.

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