title: A Practical Guide to Monsters (Practical Guides)
author:  Nina Hess 
description: As in Lisa TrumbauersA Practical Guide to Dragons (2006), this title is framed as a class session for apprentice wizards. Zendric, a wizard from the publishers fantasy series the Knights of the Silver Dragon, narrates the sections, which feature often-fearsome creatures, including Creepy Crawlers; Viperous Villains, such as Medusa; the Unsightly Undead, such as vampires and zombies; and Awful Aberrations, which include Chuuls (lobster-like beasts that rise from the shallows of the waters to attack). Zendric also address the suggested protections, weapons, and strategies to be used with each of the creatures. Zendrics amusing side commentary enhances the text, and the colorful, richly detailed illustrations, including creature lairs, show up well against the parchmentlike background. Though youths familiar with the series may connect most with this book, Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy, and monster fans will enjoy the vivid, fantasy artwork and monster factoids, compiled in a format that invites browsing and scrutiny. Grades 4-7. --Shelle Rosenfeld
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  A PROTOCOL FOR MONSTERS
  
  
  DAVE VS. THE MONSTERS
  
  
  
  
  
  **by**
  
  
  **JOHN BIRMINGHAM**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dave vs. the Monsters
  
  
  
  
  
  **Novels**
  
  
  _Emergence_
  
  
  _Resistance_
  
  
  _Ascendance_
  
  
  
  
  
  **Novellas**
  
  
  _A Protocol for Monsters_
  
  
  _Soul Full of Guns_
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Protocol for Monsters_ is a companion volume to _Emergence: Dave vs the
  Monsters_.
  
  
  I don’t want to do myself out of a sale, but it won’t be nearly as much fun if
  you haven’t read _Emergence_ first.
  
  
  
  
  
  You can find them in all flavours at
  [jbsbookshelf.com](http://jbsbookshelf.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  
  
  
  
  “Thick head!” Emmeline muttered as she leaned into the job. The bone saw blade
  whined as it chewed through the top of the xenomorph’s skull. A few of the
  others laughed nervously. It wasn’t a particularly funny joke and Emmeline was
  not an especially funny person, but they needed the relief. She had already
  burned through one large blade on the heavy-duty autopsy saw. This thing
  really did hav