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“You know, for all its failings, I rather like Ratbridge,” said Willbury.
“It’s not all bad, is it?” replied Grandfather as he gave Arthur a wink.
It’s not all bad at all. Arthur agreed. And he smiled.
www.here-be-monsters.com
Come in and explore the wonderful world of Ratbridge at our HERE BE MONSTERS! website. Inside Willbury’s shop, you’ll find all sorts of bits and bobs to keep you as happy as a boxtroll in a pile of nuts and bolts. Website includes:
• A crazy HERE BE MONSTERS! animated game featuring cabbageheads, boxtrolls, and cheeses galore!
• Screensaver to brighten up your computer
• Animation clips of creatures from the book
• A downloadable toy theater—have the HERE BE MONSTERS! characters live in your living room
• Maps of Ratbridge—investigate all those nooks and crannies and find out what happens when the book cover is closed
www.here-be-monsters.com
Atheneum Books for Young Readers • An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division • 1230 Avenue of the Americas • New York, New York 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com • Copyright © 2005 by Alan Snow • First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Oxford University Press • This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. • All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. • Book design by Alan Snow • The text of this book is set in Old Claude. • The illustrations of this book were rendered in pen and ink. • First U.S. Edition 2006 • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Snow, Alan. • Here be monsters! / written and illustrated by Alan Snow. • p. cm.—(The Ratbridge chronicles ; #1) • Summary: While gathering food to bring to his grandfather, young Arthur becomes trapped in the city of Ratbridge, where he and some new friends try to stop a plot to shrink the monsters of Arthur’s home, the Underworld, for a nefarious purpose. • ISBN-13: 978-0-689-87047-7 • ISBN-10: 0-689-87047-7 • [1. Fantasy.] I. Title. • PZ7.S6805Her 2006 • [Fic]—dc22 • 2005024438
ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-3446-2 (eBook)