Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster

Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster
First edition
AuthorRaymond Abrashkin
Jay Williams
IllustratorPaul Sagsoorian
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDanny Dunn
GenreScience fiction
Published1971
Pages142
ISBN0-07-070538-0
OCLC216091
Preceded byDanny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine 
Followed byDanny Dunn, Invisible Boy 

Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster is the twelfth novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams.[1] The book was first published in 1971.[2] An audiobook of the work was released by the Listening Library in 1985.[3]

Plot introduction

Professor Bullfinch and Doctor Grimes take Danny and his friends to the beginning of the Nile River in Africa to investigate local legends of a swamp monster. Despite unforeseen calamities, a new, rare species of electric catfish is discovered..

Editions

McGraw-Hill

  • Paperback, 1971, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
  • Hardback, 1971, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian

MacDonald and Jane's

Archway Books

  • Paperback, 1979, #6 in their series

Pocket Books

  • Paperback, 1983 reissue, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian

References

  1. ^ Fiction, folklore, fantasy & poetry for children, 1876-1985. R.R. Bowker Company. 1986. p. 1635.
  2. ^ R. Reginald, Douglas Menville, Mary A. Burgess · (2010). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 1. Wildside Press, LLC. p. 4. ISBN 9780941028752.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Joyce Nakamura, Laurie Collier, ed. (1993). Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults: A Selection of Sketches from Something about the Author, Volume 6. Gale Research. p. 2485.
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