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CURATOR’S BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Aldini, Giovanni. De animali electricitate dissertationes duae. 1794.
  • “Artificial Heart ‘Revives’ Dead Man.” The New York Times 31 Oct. 1934.
  • Baldick, Chris. In Frankenstein’s Shadow: Myth, Monstrosity, and Nineteenth-Century Writing. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.
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K-12 SUGGESTED READING

Fiction

  • Adam, Addie. Hilda and the Mad Scientist. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1995.
    Grades 4–7
    Big-hearted Hilda loves to be helpful. The mad scientist Dr. Weinerstein, who is rumored to make monsters in his creepy mansion on Vampire Hill, resists Hilda’s kindness. While Hilda is busy cleaning, cooking, and trying her best to take care of him, Dr. W. cooks up something to take care of her, once and for all! But things don’t turn out exactly as Dr. W. plans.
  • Catrow, David. Monster Mash. New York: Orchard Books, 2012.
    Grades 4–7
    The “Monster Mash” gets Wolf Man, zombies, and other monsters to dance and party in this catchy, classic song. Dracula rises out of his coffin, vampires feast in the master bedroom, and the ghouls get a jolt from Boris's electrodes.
  • Cooper, Stephen R. The Diary of Victor Frankenstein. New York: DK Ink, 1997.
    Grades 3–6
    The well-meaning doctor, who assembles a creature from human parts, records the tragic, gruesome consequences of his creation.
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Non-Fiction

  • DuPrau, Jeanne. Cloning. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000.
    Grades 7–11
    DuPrau offers a forthright overview of the key issues at the core of cloning, organized to be digestible for a young adult audience.
  • Funston, Sylvia. Monsters: A Strange Science Book. Strange Science Series. Toronto: Owl Books, 2001.
    Grades 3–6
    Sylvia Funston explores the myths, legends, and truths behind the startlingly strange stories of real and imagined monsters in this second book in the Strange Science series.
  • Krensky, Stephen. Frankenstein. Monster Chronicles Series. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press, 2007.
    Grades 3–6
    This book tells the history behind the story of Frankenstein, including a brief biography of the author, the plot of the story, and a criticism of the novel’s various stage and screen adaptations.
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ONLINE RESOURCES

  • “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.” Brandeis University. http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shelleybio.html (accessed May 5, 2014).
    This webpage includes a list of recommended readings about Mary Shelley, a narrative of Shelley’s life, and a list of her published works.
  • “The Frankenstein Monster (1973–1975).” FrankensteinFilms.com. http://members.aon.at/frankenstein/comic/marvel_comics.htm (accessed May 5, 2014)
    “The Frankenstein Monster (1973–1975)” gives an overview of the Marvel Comics series, The Frankenstein Monster, which ran from January 1973 to September 1975.
  • “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851).” National Portrait Gallery, London. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp04087 (accessed May 5, 2014).
    Portraits and a brief biography of Mary Shelley are available on this site. The biography offers links to other National Portrait Gallery pages featuring her parents, Mary Woollstonecraft and William Godwin; her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley; and a friend Byron.
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