The beast and the Bethany / by Jack Meggitt-Phillips ; illustrated by Isabelle Follath.
Material type: TextSeries: Meggitt-Phillips, Jack. Beast and the Bethany (Series) ; bk. 1.Publisher: New York : Aladdin, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Aladdin hardcover editionDescription: 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781534478893
- 1534478892
- Beast and Bethany
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | MEGGITT- JACK | 1 | Available | 33111009772324 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | MEGGITT- JACK | 1 | Available | 33111010442602 | ||||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | MEGGITT- JACK | 1 | Available | 33111009027000 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this "wickedly funny" (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author), deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated tale of a hungry beast, a vain immortal man, and a not-so-charming little girl who doesn't know she's about to be eaten.
Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years. How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the beast in the attic of his mansion. In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as well as other presents.
But the beast grows ever greedier with each meal, and one day he announces that he'd like to eat a nice, juicy child next. Ebenezer has never done anything quite this terrible to hold onto his wonderful life. Still, he finds the absolutely snottiest, naughtiest, and most frankly unpleasant child he can and prepares to feed her to the beast.
The child, Bethany, may just be more than Ebenezer bargained for. She's certainly a really rather rude houseguest, but Ebenezer still finds himself wishing she didn't have to be gobbled up after all. Could it be Bethany is less meal-worthy and more...friend-worthy?
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2020 by Egmont UK Limited."--Title page verso.
Handsome Ebenezer Tweezer has lived comfortably for nearly 512 years by feeding the magical beast in his mansion's attic whatever it wants, but when the beast demands a child, they are not prepared for Bethany.-- Provided by Publisher.