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Monster Hunting for Beginners

By: Ian Mark, Louis Ghibault - illustrator
Narrated by: Nigel Pilkington
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Publisher's Summary

A monstrously funny new adventure series. Listeners of eight and above, and fans of Mega Monster and Shrek will adore the first in the brand-new fantasy series from Irish debut author Ian Mark.

Every hero has to start somewhere....

Monster hunting isn’t as easy as it looks. And Jack should know. Because an ogre has just appeared in his garden and tried to eat his aunt. (She was the winner of the World’s Worst Aunt competition, but that’s not the point.)

After (sort of accidentally) defeating the ogre, Jack finds himself apprenticed to a grumpy 200-year-old monster hunter called Stoop and heading off to Cornwall, where more ogres are causing havoc.

All he has are his wits, his catapult and a magical - sometimes unreliable - book called Monster Hunting for Beginners.

Jack’s a bit worried he might not be the hero everyone’s waiting for. But then again, how many terrifying, bloodthirsty monsters can there really be?

(Answer: absolutely loads. And a bear called Humbert.)

A hilarious and accessible story that gives a twist to all your favourite fairytales and will change everything you thought you knew about monsters! Perfect for apprentice monster hunters.

©2021 Ian Mark, Louis Ghibault (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

“A magnificently hilarious masterpiece of monster proportions. I howled with laughter!” (Jenny Pearson, The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates)

"A monstrously funny new voice." (Maz Evans, best-selling author of Who Let the Gods Out)

"A funny, fast-paced tale for young adventurers, with gags sharper than a dragon's front teeth." (David Solomons, award-winning author of My Brother is a Superhero)

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