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A Crankenstein Valentine

A Crankenstein Valentine

by Dan Santat (Author), SamanthaBerger (Author)

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    Picture Book 2014

    $18.57
Synopsis

CRANKENSTEIN!

He's BAAAAACK!

See what happens to an ordinary kid on the most lovey-dovey, yuckiest day of the year-Valentine's Day!

Cheesy cards, allergy-inducing bouquets, and heart-shaped everything? It's enough to turn anyone into a monster!

YECHHHH!

But Crankenstein might just find a way to turn his sour day sweet... because even the crankiest monsters have hearts!

$18.57

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13 in stock

More Information

Format: Picture Book
 Pages: 48
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers US
Published: 25 Dec 2014
ISBN 10: 0316376388
ISBN 13: 9780316376389
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
 Book Overview: A monstrously funny Valentine's Day story starring CRANKENSTEIN!

Media Reviews
Praise for Crankenstein Expect many re-read requests from Crankensteins who may (or may not) recognize themselves. --Publishers Weekly
Will the creature ever turn from MEHHRRRR! to merry? Youngsters will roar along with Crankenstein through this silly and sympathetic story of grumpy-grouchies. --School Library Journal
Whoa. Be prepared for the intense frustrations, the moody outbursts and the green scowls of Crankenstein...Each setting reveals sly comic elements that both kids and their grown-ups will appreciate. Readers will laugh out loud...Get ready to read this aloud a lot. --Kirkus Reviews
Sometimes-when you have to go to school, when you have to take cough syrup-all there is to say is MEHHRRRR!.. . This is a No, David! for slightly older kids... --The Horn Book
Caldecott winner Dan Santat's illustrations are hilarious, expressive, slightly gross, and absolutely delightful.
--Charlotte Parent

The text of this book is simple but effective: Crankenstein, who is green and none too pretty, but distinctly boy-like, never says a proper English word, but responds to all cheerful questions with loud monster-speak noises. Berger...has a well-honed sense of comic timing that little kids find hilarious, and 'Crankenstein, ' with its many exclamation marks, growls and grumbles should unleash the actor in any adult kind enough to read it aloud.

To convey Crankenstein's crabby mood, Santat uses a lot of sickly brown and green. But just when the reader has had about enough of that putrid palette, Crankenstein meets another monster, and like two negative numbers, they come together to make something positive. As temperaments brighten, so too do Santat's scenes, which are suddenly sunny. For the sake of Crankenstein's poor parents, let's hope the weather holds!

--New York Times Online


Praise for A Crankenstein Valentine
A humorous story... My 5-year-old has me reading this book to her again and again.
--The New York Times
Author Bio

Samantha Berger is a former editor at Scholastic Books and VP of Animation Extra Content at Nickelodeon. She has written over seventy books, including Martha Doesn't Share, Martha Doesn't Say Sorry, and Crankenstein. She lives in New York with her dog, Polly Pocket.
Dan Santat is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Because I'm Your Dad and the author/illustrator of Sidekicks and the winner of the Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators for Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) by Mac Barnett. Dan is also the illustrator of Beekle and Crankenstein. He lives in Los Angeles.