Description: When a young student's thesaurus disappears from her bedroom, she sees a trail of slimy footprints leading to the window. When she looks outside, she sees a colossal monster unfolding itself from the pages. Who can defeat the shape-shifting monster made of synonyms?
Brief description: Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teachers' Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minnesota.