Crestwood house monster books

Universal monsters dracula book 1982 crestwood house hc. Hard rock and metal books lookin at books episode 5 duration. In elementary school my friends and i would check out the books in this series over and over again. The series was written by julian may using her pen name of ian thorne, and each book was dedicated to a different movie monster.

Crestwood monsters king kong in elementary school my. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. They were my introduction to many of the classic monsters. Jan 6, 2017 crestwood monsters book series aka the orange monster books stay safe and healthy. I still have a few of the orange covered monster ones still around. Cinemassacres monster madness coming october 1st 2011.

This has a protective plastic sleeve on it with markings. The cool find is a set of six movie monster books from crestwood house out of mankato, minnesota. Maze universal monsters remix at halloween horror night 2012 universals house of horror. Its title prize comics contained what is considered the first ongoing horror comicbook feature, dick briefers frankenstein.

Probably referred to as those orange monster books because of their deep orange back cover and spine by kids like me who werent astute enough to notice the publisher. Dear ian thorne, thank you for writing the monster series for crestwood house. Crestwood house movie monsters series hardcover draculas daughter. Monsters series at some point in the late 80s, while i worked for the book cache in anchorage, alaska, i ended up with a couple of slim volumes from a series from crestwood house called the monsters series. In some cases, as with chronicles of narnia, disagreements about order necessitate the creation of more than one series.

Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these. Cinemassacres monster madness the crestwood house monster series tv episode 2010 on imdb. A more in depth look at the crestwood monster series. The crestwood house monster series cinemassacre productions. Godzilla monsters series by ian thorne librarything. Ive mentioned my love for a set of elementary school library books called the crestwood house monster series on the site before, but i figured it would be fun to delve into one for the halloween countdown this month. They were touchstones to the 2nd generation of monster kids, and are fondly remembered. There were a few different incarnations and similar series.

Classic monsters series for kids by ian thorne classic. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. And i have encountered the same set of monster movie books, the monsters books from crestwood house, first published in the 1970s, multiple times. Dracula,the blob by ian thorn crestwood house hard cover monsters htf. For any kids wanting to learn about a monster theyve probably never heard of though, there is a new one coming out. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. Gogo godzilla crestwood house godzilla book, part 2.

These relatively short at around 50 pages hardback books were a treasure trove of monster related trivia and information for a generation of kids in the 70s and 80s. Most of the books came out in paperback or hardback. Gogo godzilla is my daily godzilla collectibles blog. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. It came from outer space crestwood house monster series. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. Photographic stills from various universal studios monster movies including the abbott and costello meet s illustrate the books. Crestwood house monster series books video dailymotion. Crestwood house monster series part one monster book of monsters, monster s, horror books. Sanford, 49 books harriette sheffer abels, 35 books carl r. One of the best condition crestwood books ive seen. In those dark days waiting for monster movies to show up on my local horror host program, these books held me over and maintained my interest in the genre.

Sideshow collectibles universal monsters monster toys, universal monsters. Sandak, 25 books jerolyn ann nentl, 24 books ian thorne, 23 books jane duden, 23 books laurie beckelman, 22 books wallace b. Jacketflap connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for children and young adults. They were probably referred to as those orange monster books because of their deep orange back cover and spine by a lot of kids. For years i would always try telling people how great the crestwood books were but no one knew what i was talking about. Id dream of seeing these films after reading the b. The site is updated daily with information about every book, author, illustrator, and publisher in the childrens young adult book industry.

After years of searching i finally discovered that the series was published by crestwood house. I saw some pictures of the books on neato coolvilles flickr account, and immediately flashed back on the third grade and our school library. This movie monster series of around 15 titles was published from the 1970s through the 1980s. I used to sign these books out of the library as a kid. Frankenstein crestwood monsters series 1977 kids book. A kind of cult following has built up around the mankato, minnesota publisher, crestwood house. Crestwood house monster series king kong book cover. The crestwood house monster series by ian thorne spanned the late 1970s and early 80s. Covers and pages from the crestwood monster series books. Crestwood house monsters series classic movie monsters. The crestwood house series of books on classic movie monsters was a near constant presence in my life for years, perpetually borrowed and reborrowed from. The crestwood house monster books are just about every old school monster fans holy scripture. They were the hardcovers with the big orange text and the black and white pictures of monsters on them. The books are approximately the same size as the old crestwood favorites as well, and they found robert greenberger.

Know i have the godzilla one on the shelf think hurricane sandy may have claimed a few i had stored in some crates at the inlaws. Crestwood house monsters series heres a great poster featuring the phantom of the opera promoting the crestwood house line of monster books that kids could always find at their local library in the 1980s and 1990s. Ive mentioned my love for a set of elementary school library books called the crestwood house monster series on the site before, but i figured. Crestwood house books monsterserieslot of booksby ianthorne. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion.

A more in depth look at the crestwood monster series branded in. A tribute to the crestwood house monster series, the books that introduced me to the classic monsters. Gogo godzilla crestwood house godzilla book, part 3. Crestwood house monster books are books that i use to love sitting and reading about each monster they showcased and all the classic films that featured them. Crestwood monsters book series aka the orange monster. Monsters forever crestwood house monster series king. It was the crestwood books not fm that introduced me to the entire universal monster stable and filmography and i would stare at and draw the monsters from those stills constantly. The crestwood house movie monsters series i used to go to the library as a kid and take out any number of these old crestwood house books. Monster movie books part 1 cinemassacre productions. Following in the footsteps of ian thornes godzilla and the crestwood house monster series of popular orange hardback books, the rosen publishing group released the famous movie monsters book series with practically the same formatbut released some thirty years later. As a kid i checked out the one on godzilla from our local library so many times that my wonderful. I loved this series of monster books when i was a kid and checked em out of the school library all the time.

Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Crestwood house monster series books from the late 1970s. Come back daily to check out vintage posters, stills, lobby cards, toys, and other godzillarelated collectibles, plus stuff from other giant monster movies, like gorgo, frankenstein conquers the world, war of the gargantuas, king kong escapes, and more. Universal monsters dracula book 1982 crestwood house hc rare universal studios. Green, 34 books gail stewart, 30 books julian may, 29 books cass r. For the longest time i couldnt remember what they were called, just that they had the orange cover and it said monsters at the top. With the help of their grandmothers bankroll, i have now amassed a stack of ian thorne crestwood house. Crestwood publications, also known as feature publications, was a magazine publisher that also published comic books from the 1940s through the 1960s. Well i recently stumbled upon a series of books that i used to check out of my elementary school library on almost a daily basis, the crestwood house monster series. Monsters series from crestwood house series librarything. The books were produced and designed by baker street productions, ltd.