FICTION

Killer Koalas from Outer Space

and Lots of Other Very Bad Stuff That Will Make Your Brain Explode
by Andy GRIFFITHS
978-0-31236-789-3.
COPY ISBN
Gr 4—6—Fans of Captain Underpants will delight in this collection of short—and quite sick—stories and cartoons. They are filled with "Very Bad" characters, such as The Very Bad Dentist, who tries to extract a patient's tooth but pulls his head off instead. The Very Bad Fish replaces the bait on a fishing line with a lighted stick of TNT, and when the fisherman feels a tug and pulls up the line, he is blown to pieces. The Very Bad Giraffe devours a small boy when his parents' backs are turned, after having told their son that "giraffes are completely harmless." It's doubtful that these micro-stories, or the goofy but sometimes gory cartoon illustrations accompanying them, will upset the readers at whom they're aimed. This book is a hoot.—Walter Minkel, Austin Public Library, TX
Not for the squeamish, this silly book includes a variety of gross and amusingly bad ideas, presented through comics, short stories, jokes, and nursery-rhyme parodies (e.g., "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Poo"). Fans of Captain Underpants and the Wimpy Kid will enjoy the exaggerated illustrations and body-centered humor, including a boy who literally loses his head.
Reviewed by Walter Minkel , Oct 01, 2011

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