Archives for October 2012
Children’s Ebook Review- Monster Picnic
Monster Picnic
by Kurt and Michelle Zimmerman
Kindle Edition, 36 pages
Published: September 1, 2012
by Kurt Zimmerman
ASIN: B0095866G0
Book Source: Bought
5 stars
Book Description: Frankie wants to have a picnic, but where are his friends? In Monster Picnic, your young reader will enjoy a story of friendship and responsibility. 34 pages of bright, colorful 3D illustrations will keep your little one reading and entertained!
With its colorful, playful monsters, this book is a great bedtime story- especially near Halloween. Frankie Frankenstein, Boris the Vampire, Wendy the Witch and Ty the Mummy will delight young and old alike!
Mary’s Review: Frankie woke up with a terrific idea. It was a wonderful day for a picnic. He invites his friends Wendy, Boris and Ty. They’ll all be there. Excitedly, he runs to the store and buys all he needs for a cookout. When the time comes for the picnic he waits and waits for his friends to show up, but they don’t come. Frankie disappointed decides he’s going to have the picnic anyway. See what Frankie does to have his picnic; make new friends and how even though they are different can be fun. See how his old friends feel when they realize how badly the have treated their friend Frankie. This is a book we can all learn from.
I love the little monster illustrations. They are so cute.
I recommend this book for ages 5 to 9.
Good job Kurt and Michelle.
About The Authors: Kurt Zimmerman, as a father of twelve, and a grandfather of fourteen, enjoys writing books and crafting stories for and about his own family. He has also spent many years writing newsletters and policy manuals for a chain of retail stores, where he is currently vice president and director of operations. In his spare time(?) he makes public apprearances with his full-sized Star Wars R2D2 replica, entertaining kids and grownups.
Michelle Zimmerman holds a bachelor’s degree in Radio/Television and a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She makes her children’s book debut with her title “Can’t Catch a Butterfly”. This playful tale is the first in a series designed to encourage early language and literacy skills in all children. Her mission is to help children shine their brightest through language, literacy, laughter and love!
Michelle is currently spreading her wings and flying high. “Can’t Catch a Butterfly” was chosen as a finalist in the 2009 Indie Excellence Awards Picture Book Category as well as the 2009 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award for Toddlers/Preschoolers Category. Michelle enjoys fluttering across Long Island and surrounding communities presenting her butterfly program at preschools, kindergarten classes, libraries, bookstores, and many other special events.
Children’s Book Review- Always October by Bruce Coville
Not only is LD a monster… other monsters have plans for him. But together with his friend “Weird Lily” Carker, Jake isn’t about to let anything happen to the baby. The little guy is still his brother, even if it turns out that LD may be the key to saving the world—or destroying it.
Soon Jake and Lily are on a perilous quest through Always October, a world populated with monsters ranging from the venomous to the ridiculous. Master of comic suspense Bruce Coville presents a tale of ominous dangers and hairbreadth escapes, of the conflict between forces of dark and light, and of the lengths to which one boy will go to save his brother—monster or not.
Things get even scarier the next full moon when real monsters come out of the closet. Jake and LD are able to get away from the monster coming out of the closet with the help of another monster, but Jake, LD, Lily and her Grandpa find themselves in “Always October” a place where it’s perpetually October, autumn leaves, cool temperatures, and Halloween type monsters. They must keep LD safe, not die themselves, and finish a quest to find the object that will keep LD human in their world, all while escaping from the bad group of monsters that want to use LD to split the two worlds. But will a couple of kids be able to do that, basically on their own?
This was a fun book! I loved the adventure of it. This book is written for kids ages 8-12, so it’s fairly easy reading for an adult. I liked the story line, it kept me entertained, I liked the characters, I liked the idea that there’s a separate place where the monsters do live. The one thing that kind of annoyed me was that there was one thing in the plot that never ended up wrapped up in the ending. I hope that there will be a second book, that tells us more about what happens to Jake, LD and Lily. This is a cute Halloween read for kids 8-12!