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10:30 am

Sam Streed Presents Alfred’s Book of Monsters at Brookline Booksmith

August 18, 2019 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446
Free

With nods to Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, and Neil Gaiman, this humorous picture book about a Victorian boy obsessed with monsters presents a dark and appealing world. After reading about the slimy Nixie, the angry Black Shuck, and the creepy Lantern Man in his beloved Book of Monsters, Alfred decides to invite the monsters to teatime with […]

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