Budge Wilson has created a heart-warming monster story that proves things are not always the way they appear. Manfred's parents are afraid he's not scary enough but Manfred knows that it's okay to be different and he figures out a way to break the stereotypes that monsters face. About the Author: Budge Wilson is the author of 14 books. She has won numerous awards, including the 1991 Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Canadian Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Canada—Caribbean Region. She lives in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. | 
