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Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster

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Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster
First edition
AuthorRaymond Abrashkin
Jay Williams
IllustratorPaul Sagsoorian
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDanny Dunn
GenreScience fiction
Published1971
Pages142
ISBN0-07-070538-0
OCLC216091
Preceded byDanny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine 
Followed byDanny Dunn, Invisible Boy 

Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster is the twelfth novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams. The book was first published in 1971.

Plot introduction

Professor Bullfinch and Doctor Grimes take Danny and his friends to the beginning of the Nile River in Africa to investigate local legends of a swamp monster. Despite unforeseen calamities, a new, rare species of electric catfish is discovered..

Editions

McGraw-Hill

  • Paperback, 1971, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
  • Hardback, 1971, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian

MacDonald and Jane's

Archway Books

  • Paperback, 1979, #6 in their series

Pocket Books

  • Paperback, 1983 reissue, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian