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Quill & Quire
The march of zombies through pop culture is unstoppable. With Zombiekins, the new novel from Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger author Kevin Bolger, the undead shamble their way into a book for children through the unlikely means of a stuffed toy.
At a local witch’s yard sale, grade-schooler Stanley Nudelman is drawn to the titular half-bunny, half-teddy with the “macabre, half-dead appearance.” What he doesn’t realize is that the toy has a few hidden features, such as an ability to come to life in moonlight, which results in a stuffed-animal massacre at Stanley’s sister’s tea party. Thing go from bad to worse when he brings Zombiekins to school, and the toy starts biting his classmates, transforming them into the walking dead. Stanley, a scaredy-cat protagonist if there ever was one, must find the courage to overcome not just hordes of zombie-kids, but even more terrifying, school bullies and tyrant teachers.
Bolger writes with goofy exuberance: the gruesome, non-stop jokes and quick-paced action pull the reader along from scene to scene. Zombies have long been used as metaphors for the fears that lumber through the North American mind. Bolger adjusts the metaphors for a kid’s perspective, seeing the undead in perfectly orderly teachers’ pets and sullen middle-schoolers.
Aaron Blecha’s accompanying squiggly cartoons alternate between cute and gross. His images play well against the text, offering additional jokes for the careful reader, such as the effect of a voodoo doll on a nosy neighbour. Blecha could have pushed this even further; there are times when the illustrations are too literal, and lack comedic punch. Also, the book fails to explore the relationship between Stanley and his terrible toy, which all but disappears during the zombie-kid rampage. Sure, this ain’t The Velveteen Rabbit, but digging a little deeper into this pairing would have illuminated the place toys hold in a child’s imagination – or at least explained why anyone would keep this particular monster around. Nonetheless, Bolger has written a very lively zombie tale, one that will no doubt be gobbled up by readers.
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Stump!?scri-i-i-i-itch . . .
Stump!?scri-i-i-i-itch . . .
Stanley brings Zombiekins to school and unleashes the worst zombie plague in fourth grade history! Can Stanley find the courage to save the day before his teachers notice the class is full of zombies? Or will he soon join the ranks of the snuggily UNDEAD?
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This should be a movie!,
This review is from: Zombiekins (Hardcover)
This is such a great book for the 12 or 13 year old (I thoroughly enjoyed it too!) and I'm "over 39". It should become a movie.
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You know a zombie book for kids is good when....,
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This review is from: Zombiekins (Hardcover)
You know a zombie book for kids is good when your four year old asks for "just one more chapter" instead of taking the option of watching a cartoon.The illustrations in this slightly freaky, very adorable, little gem of a book are engaging, (and easy to understand), and are plentiful without being over done on each page. The puns are witty, the word play is clever. It's 'simple' enough to read aloud to my 4 and 6 year old, but 'grown up' enough that the little nuances crack me up. I can see an independent reader with a thing for things ghoulish happily 'tearing' through this book! 9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Just the right amount of scare factor,
By kat - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Zombiekins (Hardcover)
Do you know how hard it is to get the average 9 year old to read? Well, this book finally did it! The book has been interesting and fun, with just a tinge of scare factor that keeps a young boy wanting more. We're all enjoying it.
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I liked this as much as my sons did!,
By Bookmark - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Zombiekins (Hardcover)
I had a lot of fun reading this book. You should see all the "ha ha" notes I wrote in the margins. It is the story of a boy named Stanley who "was not the kind of boy who liked to take chances." He's more of an under-the-radar kind of guy until he makes the mistake of bringing a zombie doll home from a yard sale.Because he is male, Stanley throws away the directions for the doll without ever reading them. This, in turn, soon leads to the zombification of almost the entire school. Stanley and his good friend Miranda are left to deal with the consequences. In doing so, Stanley finds courage he never knew he had. Though simple to read, the text is filled with puns, word play, and tongue-in-cheek humor. There's even the occasional exciting vocabulary word (i.e. revivified) thrown in to please the English teacher in me. The illustrations sometimes contradict the text in amusing ways. For instance, the opening of chapter four says Stanley is doing his homework, and we see him in the middle of his bedroom floor exerting himself at a videogame while his cobweb-covered schoolbooks sit unopened. This is a book that your boys will love. It is quick to read, clever, and very silly. I find it far more entertaining than the popular "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. |
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