mrsbond's review against another edition
4.0
Normally I talk about how I devoured a book, but this is a story about a book that eats people and other books. The text serves as a warning to all readers, especially those foolish enough to pick up a book without first washing off their snack. Illustrations are wild, depicting a ferocious and devious book on the hunt for his next meal.
A small issue with the text: at one point the author declares that this book was shelved between "The Complete Guide to Saints" and "Sandwiches Through the Ages." I am curious what organization system this library uses?
A small issue with the text: at one point the author declares that this book was shelved between "The Complete Guide to Saints" and "Sandwiches Through the Ages." I am curious what organization system this library uses?
shighley's review against another edition
4.0
Ingenuous book with great illustrations. I would have given it a 5, but was disappointed that a man in jail deserved to be eaten. It could be that if I read this aloud, I might have students with fathers in jail.
shanny1366's review against another edition
2.0
Weird. And not in a good way. I thought this was going to be funny and dark but it just sort of fell flat. There wasn't enough suspense to make it actually scary or creepy. . . It's basically just a list of people that the book ate. Not a very engaging story.
panda_incognito's review against another edition
2.0
It's rare to find a book for children that is actually, intentionally creepy, and if you have a small child with a wickedly dark sense of humor, they will love this. It's well-written, has creative illustrations, and is a rare book that is purposefully frightening without offering a happy, sunshiny, unexpected ending. I was suitably impressed with the execution of this idea that I would like to give this book a higher rating, but with full knowledge that this would have terrified the pants off me as a kid and probably made me scared to read books, I have to give it two stars.
libraryrobin's review against another edition
3.0
Great readaloud for lower grades, boys especially will want to borrow it.
merlendechien's review against another edition
4.0
Noah loved this book. He is requesting that I borrow it from the library so he can hear it again.
A book was hungry and tasted peanut butter on a boys fingers. He ate him. That was the first of many victims.
I thought it was funny.
A book was hungry and tasted peanut butter on a boys fingers. He ate him. That was the first of many victims.
I thought it was funny.
kgormley's review against another edition
5.0
The 2nd grade students I read this too really seemed to enjoy it!
cjeziorski's review against another edition
4.0
This book had kids inching away from me during our read aloud...they were clutching each other and warning me to not read the book. Great horror story for young kids who request a “scary” book. Some of the events in the story went over the students’ heads, but their teachers definitely got them.
bookittome's review against another edition
4.0
This is a cautionary tale about a voracious book that may eat an unfortunate equally voracious and naive reader. The Book That Eats People by John Perry chronicles the horrific history of a book that, as the title says, eats people. This is that book. The book warns you not to read, as it's a particularly nasty-tempted book. If you do, you'll learn the fate of poor Sammy Ruskin, who was devoured by the pages, and the book's other two (so far) victims.
Who wouldn't want to read this book with that cover? Despite the multiple warnings, read this book. Kids will love the silly tale of a vicious book that eats people, including a library night guard, and the subsequent attempts to reform it of its cannibal ways. Adults will appreciate the cleverness, like when the book devours Sammy Ruskin, it's then entitled "Whatever Happened to Sammy Ruskin?" It'll have you both laughing aloud as you read how one librarian tries to hid the true identity of the people-eating book, with a nice safe cover. You can guess how that turns out. Gulp.
The illustrations by Mark Fearing bring each page "alive" with varying typography, a mixed-media style with each image worth a second glance.
This review originally published at http://brimeetsbooks.com
Who wouldn't want to read this book with that cover? Despite the multiple warnings, read this book. Kids will love the silly tale of a vicious book that eats people, including a library night guard, and the subsequent attempts to reform it of its cannibal ways. Adults will appreciate the cleverness, like when the book devours Sammy Ruskin, it's then entitled "Whatever Happened to Sammy Ruskin?" It'll have you both laughing aloud as you read how one librarian tries to hid the true identity of the people-eating book, with a nice safe cover. You can guess how that turns out. Gulp.
The illustrations by Mark Fearing bring each page "alive" with varying typography, a mixed-media style with each image worth a second glance.
This review originally published at http://brimeetsbooks.com