Monsters Like Us follows the adventures of monster misfits Danny (a demon), Lin (a werewolf) and Sam (a zombie) as they attempt to get through school without eating the teachers, running wild or raising hell.

In Monster Movie, the classmates have to make a scary film. The actors are not very scary at all! The three friends show them how to do it properly...

Each Monsters Like Us story features an accessible storyline in a familiar setting, and is ideal for guided reading with struggling readers, as confidence-building independent reads, and for EAL pupils. Monster Movie is levelled at book band 9 Gold, is printed on off-white paper and uses a font approved by the British Dyslexia Association.
This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books
to get children reading with confidence. EDGE - for books kids can't put down.

This book is part of a book series called Edge-Monsters Like Us .

This book is at Book Band Gold. Gold books have a much more sophisticated style of language and will try to challenge the reader. Children at this reading level will now be able to understand unusual text layouts, complex language and notice the variation between different characters. These books will usually have about 25 pages with 5 to 10 sentences per page. Pupil Targets: (i) read silently and read aloud with confidence, (ii) know how to use a contents page, glossary and index, (iii) use punctuation to help them to read clearly, (iv) read books that have longer chapters, (v) learn new information from reading non-fiction books, (vi) find information about authors which will help them to select certain books, (vii) talk about the way a story has been written. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore met at school in Nottingham and the 2Steves were born! They tour the country putting on performances for thousands of children every year. He trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film studies, before teaming up with Steve Barlow to become a full time author.