A Book of Monsters

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<tr><th>Illustrator</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Cover Artist</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th><td>United States</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Fairy Tales</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (hardcover)</td></tr><tr><th>Pages</th><td>128 pp</td></tr><tr><th>ISBN</th><td>ISBN 0-525-26951-7</td></tr>

**A Book of Monsters**
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Publisher	E. P. Dutton
Released	1976

A Book of Monsters is a 1976 anthology of 12 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1975, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

In the foreword, the author writes: "There is something rather pathetic about monsters. After all, they didn't make themselves; they can't help being huge and hideous. And if they are usually fierce and cruel -- well, if everyone hated and feared you, and ran screaming from the sight of you, wouldn't that be enough to give a grudge against all humanity? It is really a wonder that any of them are kind-hearted; and yet some of them are."