Product Description
The ultimate companion guide to A Series of Unfortunate Events &mdasha must for fans of Lemony Snicket. A Series of Unfortunate Events is one of the most popular children's series in the world and will be a major motion picture starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep coming this 2004 holiday season. Now comes The Reader's Guide to Lemony Snicket , the ultimate companion guide to these fun and wildly successful novels. Digging beneath the surface, Lois Gresh uses science, history and little known facts to dig deep into the world of A Series of Unfortunate Events and provide young readers everywhere with how-to hints and tips, quizzes, cool anecdotes, fun facts and information on everything Lemony. Including: *Facts about handwriting analysis and forgery *Killer leeches, crabs, fungi and peppermint&mdashall you need to know *The truth about hypnosis&mdashand how to use it! *Real child inventors and their amazing inventions *How to build a telephone, a hot air balloon and an automatic harmonica *Are you as smart as Violet & Claus&mdashthe ultimate quiz *And much more! The ultimate renegade book report on A Series of Unfortunate Events , this reader's guide is a must for millions of young fans everywhere.
From the Inside Flap
*Killer leeches, crabs, fungi and peppermint-all you need to know
*The truth about hypnosis-and how to use it!
*Real child inventors and their amazing inventions
*Are you as smart as Violet & Klaus?-the ultimate quiz
For fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events comes the ultimate companion guide to the facts behind Lemony Snicket's wild world. Digging deep beneath the surface, Lois Gresh uses science, history and little-known tidbits to enter the world of A Series of Unfortunate Events and provide young readers everywhere with pathetic hints and tips, nasty anecdotes, horrifying quizzes, miserable facts and insights on everything Lemony.
The ultimate renegade book report on A Series of Unfortunate Events, this unpleasant book will help fans enjoy their favorite series as they never have before. They will never look at Violet, Count Olaf, Klaus, Sunny, Mrs. Poe or the rest of the woeful cast (or their terrifying adventures) the same way again.
