- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (May 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582347522
- ISBN-13: 978-1582347523
- Product Dimensions: 30.9 x 24.4 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
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From Publishers Weekly
In this riotous creature feature, which echoes the emotional themes of Jules Feiffer's I'm Not Bobby! and Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry... Really, Really Angry, a frustrated girl transforms into an Incredible Hulk-ish giant. On a trip to the video shop, Stella warns her mother about the monster hiding in the dark corner where they kept the dusty old movies nobody wanted to rent anymore. But small, quiet Stella cannot make herself heard, and her nonchalant parent totters toward a horned shadow: At which point the monster ate her. At this (unpictured) instant, the heroine becomes so incensed that she metamorphoses into a jagged-toothed ogre, smiling as she roars, I'm Frankenstella! And I eat monsters for my breakfast! She rescues her mother, hurls the frightened monster out to sea (it gets a life preserver) and shrinks to her original size. Brennan (Fairy Nuff) favorably compares the righteous tantrum to chiller-movie mayhem; Frankenstella vanquishes a cackling video clerk who had teased her, and her rampage is cheered by upstanding citizens. Gale (A Brave Knight to the Rescue) forgoes conventional black outlines for screaming-red lines on blazing yellow backgrounds; in her crazy-quilt collages of cut paper and scribbles, arrows and block-printed symbols fly every which way, suggesting an off-kilter weather map or a stormy temper. This cathartic book packs a visual punch, and makes good sport of one's inner and outer demons. Ages 4-up.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-This unimaginative story, which could have been lifted straight from Saturday morning cartoons, bills itself as "a cautionary tale." Stella tries to warn her mother about the monster that lurks in the corner of the video store, but the woman won't listen and is promptly eaten up. Faced with the possibility of being eaten next, Stella gets so angry that she grows and changes into a monster herself. She chases the creature through the city and forces it to burp up her mother, who continues to attribute its existence to Stella's imagination despite the fact that she is covered in green slime. Gale's unique illustrations bring the only touch of creativity to this tale; the cartoon characters dance through a collage landscape comprised of different types of paper, magazine photos, and wild patterns. The pictures lead the story into the postmodern Powerpuff Girls-style world even as the thin, aimless text fails to do so. A marginal purchase that may hold some appeal for cartoon fans.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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A Gem that Deserves Far More Attention!, Oct 27 2011
By Aleese - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Frankenstella Video Store Monster (Hardcover)
This book has been a favorite in our family for the last five years at least. It is the perfect book to lend itself to voices and acting out the parts. I happen to think that it could be a great book for a kid who's a little afraid of monsters. It has wonderfully textural pictures. I really love how each picture looks like a collage. It's also just long enough to keep everyone's attention and keep whoever might be doing voices (usually me, very loudly) from getting a sore throat. This is the basic story, but it is so very much better than what I've put here. It really is a must read!---
Stella and her mother go to rent a video from the video store because there's nothing on tv and her mother stumbles into a dark corner of the store where a monster hides, waiting to eat customers who just don't pay attention. Stella, instead of shrieking in terror gets angry, very, VERY angry and transforms into FRANKENSTELLA! Frankenstella chases the monster to the sea where she catches him and forces him to spit her mother out.
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