The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast - Foxlee, Karen
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There are those who hunt monsters to harm them and there are those who hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you? Mary-Kate and her granny are going to stay at a very quiet castle near a very quiet loch in the Scottish village of Bonkillyknock. The perfect destination for reading beside fireplaces and drinking cups of tea with Granny's friends. However, this is no ordinary holiday - it's the 93rd World Society of Monster Hunters' Conference! So, when an ear-shattering howl interrupts the convention, Mary-Kate isn't too anxious. After all, the experts are on hand to investigate. But when…mehr

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There are those who hunt monsters to harm them and there are those who hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you? Mary-Kate and her granny are going to stay at a very quiet castle near a very quiet loch in the Scottish village of Bonkillyknock. The perfect destination for reading beside fireplaces and drinking cups of tea with Granny's friends. However, this is no ordinary holiday - it's the 93rd World Society of Monster Hunters' Conference! So, when an ear-shattering howl interrupts the convention, Mary-Kate isn't too anxious. After all, the experts are on hand to investigate. But when the castle kitchen is destroyed and everyone suspects the usually peaceful Loch Morgavie monster, Mary-Kate isn't sure the clues add up. Could there be some other beastly problem bothering Bonkillyknock Castle? It's up to Mary-Kate to find out... PRAISE FOR THE MISS MARY-KATE MARTIN'S GUIDE TO MONSTERS SERIES: 'The storyline is witty, fast-paced and thrilling and the brilliant black and white illustrations dotted throughout the book make this an even more engaging and thoroughly absorbing read. Five stars from us!' Mini Travellers 'Full of humour, fantasy and magical realism... the ideal story for early readers' Better Reading 'So much fun and very addictive' Kid's Book Review
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Karen Foxlee is an Australian author who writes for both children and young adults. She grew up in the Australian outback mining town Mount Isa and still frequently dreams she is walking barefoot along the dry Leichhardt River. She has written many acclaimed children's books including Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, A Most Magical Girl, the internationally successful and multi-award-winning Lenny's Book of Everything, and Dragon Skin, which was a CBCA Honor Book, winner of the Aurealis Awards and short-listed for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the Indie Book Awards and the ABIA Awards. Karen's latest books are the junior fiction Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters series, illustrated by Freda Chiu. www.karenfoxlee.com Freda Chiu is an author and illustrator from Sydney, Australia. As well as illustrating children's books, her work spans comics, editorial and retail graphics. Outside her art practice, Freda lectures in Illustration at the University of Technology Sydney. Her debut picture book, A Trip to the Hospital, was short-listed for the CBCA Award for New Illustrator and the IBBY Australia Ena Noël Awards. She has most recently illustrated Karen Foxlee's junior fiction series Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters and Wai Chim's picture book Last-Place Lin. www.fredachiu.com