Pines and Plains Libraries

Having grown up in a home for foundlings and possessing a girl's name, Rossamünd sets out to report to his new job as a lamplighter and has several adventures along the way as he meets people and monsters who are more complicated that he previously thought. Includes glossaries and maps.

Volumes in this series present various "monsters"--nature's strange and fascinating to dangerous creatures living in marine environments.

Explores the origins of dragons in history as well as literature, mythology, movies and more.

Growing up at Madam Opera's Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls, Rossamünd Bookchild–a boy with an unfortunate name–has led a life sheltered from the dangers of the world. But this all changes the day the man with the strange red-and-pale-blue eyes recruits him into the service of the Emperor. Rossamünd has been drafted into the ranks of the Half-Continent's "lamplighters"–soldiers who protect the empire's...

Nola is a lonely monster until she finds some creatures that live in the sea.

Set twelve years after the shambling zombie masses have overrun Manhattan, America, and the world, Monster Planet is the mind-blowing conclusion to what must be the scariest trilogy ever. Oceans of blood, scattered limbs, wanton violence, and general mayhem abound, along with revivified mummies, a Welsh sorcerer, and Wellington's signature brand of cool high-tech weaponry and sly humor--zombies, after all, are the ultimate consumers. What do the undead...

This book gives a brief explanation of legendary sea monsters like Kraken and Loch Ness, and shows how they have become a part of our culture.

This book gives a brief explanation of the legendary monsters called werewolves, including their development through history and their use in popular culture.

This book explores concepts concerning zombies and the religion of voodoo and reviews the zombies found in movies, games, and books.

Explores the characteristics, origins, anecdotes of sightings, and appearance in popular culture of the abominable snowman, also known as the Yeti.