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The Monster Catchers by George Brewingtonmonstercatcherbooks.com


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Monster Hunting can be a dangerous business if you don’t know what you’re doing. Test your knowledge and skills with this activity kit.

n Monster Identification: How well do you know the creatures from The Monster Catchers? Test your knowledge.

n Catch the Goblin: The goblins are at it again and have stolen lights from a Whalefatian’s backyard. Catch the the goblin and retrieve the lights from the goblin tunnels.

n Fill in the story: Fill in the missing words to create your own story.

n Draw a monster: In The Monster Catchers, Bailey and Savannah encounter all different sort of monsters. Create an image of a monster.


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Monster Identification

Harpy

Ratatosker

Faery

goblin

Serpens Interminus Magnum

Minotaur

A. b.

c. d.

f.e.

Hey, Monster Catchers! It’s time to test your monster identification skills.

Match the monsters to their names.

Answer Key: A. faery, B. minotaur, C. Serpens Interminus Magnum, D. ratatosker, E. harpy, F. goblin


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A goblin has stolen all the lights from a Whalefatian’s backyard. Journey through the goblin

tunnels to catch the goblin at the heart of the maze.

Catch the Goblin

start


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Fill in the blanks to write your own twist to The Monster Catchers.

______________’s and ____________’s lives are about to change now that the _______________ (NAME #1) (NAME #2) (NOUN)

has ____________ ___________’s family and they have to run the Monster Hunting Business (VERB) (NAME #1)

with their new partner, ________________. (NOUN)

But things get _____________ when a mysterious ____________ arrives from _________’s hero, (ADJECTIVE) (NOUN) (NAME #1)

____________ saying he can _________ __________’s family. (NOUN) (VERB) (NAME #1)

Suddenly, ___________ is _________ goodbye to _____________, packing his __________, (NAME #1) (VERB) (NAME #2) (NOUN)

buying a ______________, and _________ out into the ___________ on an adventure. (NOUN) (VERB) (NOUN)

Fill in the story


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Bailey and Savannah have encountered all different sort of monsters. Draw an image of a monster from the book or make up a new monster in the box below. Using the lines underneath, tell the readers of Peculiar Magazine what makes this monster so interesting.

Draw a Monster

ABOUT THE BOOK

When there’s a goblin in the garden or a fairy in the attic, Who you gonna call?

The Monster Catchers!Bailey Buckleby and his dad can rid your home of whatever monster is troubling you—for the right price. But Bailey discovers that his dad has been lying to him, and he begins to question the family business. When a criminal mastermind puts everyone and everything Bailey loves in peril, it’s up to him to save his family and set things right in this funny, fantastical middle-grade adventure.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

George Brewington makes his middle-grade debut with The Monster Catchers. He lives with his wife and baby daughter in Folly Beach, South Carolina.

The Monster Catchers by George BrewingtonGodwin Books, Henry Holt Books for Young ReadersHardcover Middle-Grade: 9781250165787eBook: 9781250165794 | Ages: 8-12


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