Mary Shelley and Frankstein

This week features travel through time and distance... we're heading to England to meet Mary Shelley, the woman who wrote Frankenstein when she was just a teenager!

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Activity: Write a Scary Story

Let's join in the scary story competition proposed by Lord Byron, shall we?

Source: 11 Spooky Prompts to Inspire Creative, Collective Storytelling

Learn how to create a book to write your story in.

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Resources to Learn More

Here are some great library books and materials for learning about Mary Shelley and her famous story Frankenstein!

Mary, who wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey

Through the tempests dark and wild : a story of Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein by Sharon Darrow

Frankenstein by Adam Woog

Frankenstein makes a sandwich : and other stories you're sure to like, because they're all about monsters, and some of them are also about food... by Adam Rex

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Maddie's monster dad by Scott Gibala-Broxholm

Jeremy draws a monster by Peter McCarty

Happy birthday, Frankie by Sarah Weeks

Lunch walks among us by Jim Benton

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Here are some great YouTube videos about Mary Shelley!