Here Be Monsters!

Here Be Monsters! is a novel written and illustrated by Alan Snow. Subtitled An adventure involving magic, trolls, and other creatures, it is presented as Volume I of "The Ratbridge Chronicles". It was first published in Great Britain in 2005 by Oxford University Press. It was published in the United States by Atheneum on 20 June 2006. The book includes over 500 black-and-white illustrations by Snow, originally executed in pen and ink. Although termed a book for young readers, it contains many of the elements of fantasy and adventure found in works such as those of Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling that attract readers of all ages.

The book has also been issued as a trilogy of shorter novels: Pants Ahoy!, The Man in the Iron Socks, and Cheese Galore!. These are subtitled Here Be Monsters Part 1, 2, and 3 (respectively). This should not be confused with the designation of the original single volume edition as being Volume I of "The Ratbridge Chronicles". The second book in the series, Worse Things Happen at Sea, was published in 2010.