Monster of the Month Club

Aug 2, 2026

A playful, illustrated children’s story follows Rilla as a strange cardboard box arrives among her daily mail chores, releasing mysterious scratchy sounds and even a tiny yelp. Rilla discovers the shipment is addressed to her, with a return label from the M.O.T.M. Club in Gaborone, Botswana. The early chapters set up suspenseful curiosity about a “monster” theme, building toward whimsical mysteries, adventures, and escalating confrontations throughout the month’s club events.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages164

Reading Time4 h 13 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

What the Mail Brought

Icicle's Popsicles

Why Not Leprechauns?

Biodegradable Names

King of the Attic

Monster Talk

The Pink Fortress

Loves Music, Loves to Dance

Nightmare of the Month Club

A Flower, a Wad of Pink Bubble Gum, and Thou

The Fight Scene

Ghosts and Guillotines

Monster on the Loose

(Going on a Monster Hunt

Crime and Punishment

Prisoners in the Tower

Worms in the Rain Forest

What Lurks Inside a Mailbox

Mystery of the Monster Club

The Moment of the Truth

How to Impersonate a Monster

What Strange Magic?

MONSTER OF THEMONTHCLUBMonsters,monsterseverywhere! Dian Curtis ReganSCHOLASTIC http://www.archive.org/details/monsterofmonthcl00rega MNSTER—of the-MUNTH CLUB ALSO BY DIAN CURTIS REGAN:The Ghost Twins seriesHome for the Howl-idays The Vampire Who Came for ChristmasMy Zombie ValentineLiver CookiesThe Kissing Contest MGNSTERof the—MUNTH CLUB Dian Curtis Reganllustrated by Laura Cornell # ANAPPLEPAPERBACK SCHOLASTIC INC.New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney ForLee Wardlaw (the November selection)with much admiration No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part,or stored in aretrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechan-ical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without written permission ofthe publisher.For information regarding permission,write to Henry Holt andCompany,Inc.,115 West 18th Street,New York,NY 10011. ISBN 0-590-86987-6 Text copyright C1994 by Dian Curtis Regan.Illustrations copyright ◎1994 byLaura Cornell.All rights reserved.Published by Scholastic Inc.,555 Broadway,NewYork,NY 10012,by arrangement with Henry Holt and Company,Inc.APPLEPAPERBACKS and the APPLE PAPERBACKS logo are registered trademarks ofScholastic Inc. 121110987654321 6789/901/0 Printed in the U.S.A. First Scholastic printing,June 1996 Contents 1.What the Mail Brought 1 2.Icicle's Popsicles9 3.Why Not Leprechauns?20 4.Biodegradable Names27 5.King of the Attic31 6.Monster Talk39 7.The Pink Fortress44 8.Loves Music,Loves to Dance52 9.Nightmare of the Month Club59 10.A Flower,a Wad of Pink Bubble Gum,and Thou65 11.The Fight Scene71 12.Ghosts and Guillotines75 13. Monster on the Loose82 14.(Going on a Monster Hunt90 15.Crime and Punishment99 16.Prisoners in the Tower106 17.Worms in the Rain Forest110 18.What Lurks Inside a Mailbox118 19.Mystery of the Monster Club125 20.The Moment of Truth133 21.How to Impersonate a Monster142 22.What Strange Magic?147 What the Mail Brought Rilla didn't believe it until the first one arrived.She'dpassed it off as someone's idea of a dumb joke. But then it came. It came in a cardboard box the same size as one ofher aunt Poppy's shoe boxes.(Aunt Poppy's feet wereenormous.) Rilla had walked down Hollyhock Road to collectmail—one of her morning chores at the bed andbreakfast run by her mother and aunt. As she piled mail into a cloth bag,a mysteriousnoise made her stop chomping her Grape-a-Lot gumand listen. Scritch-scritch-scritch. Curiosity made her brush snow off the curb for adry spot to sit and investigate.Was the mail makingnoises? Steadying the bag between her ankles,she shuffledbills,advertisements,and requests for informationabout the B&B. 2 I Monster of the Month Club The box! Shoving everything else aside,Rilla yanked the boxfrom the bag and gave it a brisk shake,holding it toone ear. SCRITCH-SCRITCH-SCRITCH! The noise was louder,angrier.And unless her imagi-nation was teasing her,she heard a tiny,tiny yelp. Quickly she scanned the mailing label.The boxwasn't addressed to the bed and breakfast.It wasaddressed to her! The return label read: M.O.T.M.ClubGaborone,Botswana

FAQs

Who is the main character in Monster of the Month Club?

Rilla is the main character, discovering a mysterious box during her daily mail chores at a bed and breakfast.

What does Rilla find when she inspects the arriving box?

The box makes scratchy, angry noises and even a tiny yelp, and the mailing label shows it is addressed to her.

Where is the return label for the box from?

The return label lists “M.O.T.M. Club, Gaborone, Botswana.”

Aug 2, 2026

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