The Monster's Ring: A Magic Shop Book

Bruce Coville's <i>The Monster's Ring</i> did more than launch his career as a children's novelist, it also introduced readers to the world of Mr. Elives' Magic Shop, where boys hatch dragons, toads talk, skulls spout Shakespeare, and the heroes and heroines of <i>Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher</i>, <i>Jennifer Murdley's Toad</i>, <i>The Skull of Truth</i>, and next year's <i>Juliet Dove, Queen of Love</i> find enchantment, adventure, and insight. Now available in twentieth anniversary editions, each of these modern classics has been given a new afterword by the author and stunning new jacket art by Tony DiTerlizzi.<br><br><i>Twist it once, you're horned and haired;</i><br><i>Twist it twice and fangs are bared;</i><br><i>Twist it thrice? No one has dared!</i><br> Russell is sure that the ring is just a silly magic trick, but he follows the instructions and twists the ring twice anyway--and becomes a monster!<br><br>* ABA's Pick of the Lists<br>* Children's Choice Award Nominee (in four states) <br>* IRA Children's Choice<br>