Matthew Mead's Monster Book of Halloween [Paperback]

Matthew Mead (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 2009

Renowned designer Mead delivers this must-have guide for all ages who want to create, decorate, and celebrate Halloweenâin deceptively simple style. This big book is packed with Halloween treats, party ideas, easy-to-make decorations, crafts, and costumes, and much more. Full color.

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About the Author

Matthew Mead is an author, photographer, and designer whose work regularly appears in such national magazines as Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple and Ladies' Home Journal.

He operates his own style website, matthewmeadstyle.com, and has authored numerous books on food, entertaining, and decorating. Matthew and his wife, Jennifer, live in southern New Hampshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Time Home Entertainment (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160320105X
• ISBN-13: 978-1603201056
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.5 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #990,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Similar to First Book, August 30, 2009

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Nancy Avolese (Middletown, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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Although Matthew Mead's "Monster Book of Halloween" is itself a great book on Halloween entertaining, it was a disappointment for me having already purchased Matthew's "Halloween Tricks and Treats". In fact, I felt totally ripped off to see the same recipes, pictures, and designs in his second book.

If you are buying one book for Halloween I recommend either of his books, but if you are like me and crave a constant parade of new ideas and creative crafts , buy only one as the second is basically a repeat.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing. I do have the link for the templates though!, November 3, 2010

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Lothdoren (Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews

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Don't bother to get this book. I ordered this book based on the reviews others had given it, and what I received was very disappointing. Splashed across the cover is the claim "Hundreds of spooky treats and clever crafts for the best holiday ever!" What there is are a lot of glossy photos. Directions are minimal, and most of the ideas, from craft to cooking involves sticking eyes onto bought objects. Recipes are ordinary, and can be found for free (and with more detail) by doing a simple web search. There are 9-10 pages of simple black templates at the back of the book, but again, very ordinary, and freely available all across the web. What really makes me cranky is that the few interesting designs all need to be downloaded from the author's website - but they are not easy to find. It seemed as though you couldn't access anything without paying a subscription, and I had given up when I tried a google to see if anyone had an image of the one project I love (eggs in disguise) to link to here -- didn't find the pic, but suddenly I had the templates referred to in the book! You can get the templates here ([...] ). I have no idea how to access that from the website given in the book. I upgraded my review from 1 star to 2 when I found the templates. But really, if I wanted to comb the web for templates, why would I buy a book that claimed to have it all??

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book, deceiving cover.., September 12, 2009

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Megan Uribe (Madera, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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When i first saw this book i was hesitant to purchase it because the cover didn't really catch my eye or hint at anythng really interesting inside. When i first opened it i was very suprised to see that it was completely full of awesome ideas. Some of which i've never seen before (and i own several Hallowen decorating books). I fell in love with this book when i flipped through all the ideas and recipes and i promise you that you'll love it if you really love Halloween!