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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-10054785062X

ISBN-139780547850627

eBay Product ID (ePID)4038759654

Product Key Features

Book TitleFrankenstein Takes the Cake

Number of Pages48 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHumorous Stories, Monsters, Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween, General, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorAdam Rex

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight8.6 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width10.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Dewey Edition22

Reviews The fiendishly funny picture book FRANKENSTEIN TAKES THE CAKE, by Adam Rex, is a compilation of silly rhymes and Mad Magazine -style gags paired with gently spooky illustrations. Especially hilarious are 'Off the Top of My Head: The Official Blog of the Headless Horseman' and a trio of Edgar Allan Poe spoofs featuring a couplet-savvy raven. -- Family Fun, October 2008, Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: "With irreverent entries such as 'Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth ," this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter)." - Family Fun (star) "Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Here's a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams-but not of fright." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) "The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up." - School Library Journal (starred) (star) "Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously." - Publishers Weekly (starred) , This gifted artist, whose clever wordplay reveals a wonderfully warped sense of comedy, has whipped up another winner., Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: "With irreverent entries such as 'Count Dracula Doesne(tm)t Know Hee(tm)s Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth ,e this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter).e -- Family Fun (star) "Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Heree(tm)s a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams--but not of fright.e-- Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) "The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up.e -- School Library Journal (starred) (star) "Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously.e -- Publishers Weekly (starred), Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: "With irreverent entries such as 'Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth ," this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter)." -- Family Fun (star) "Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Here's a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams--but not of fright." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) "The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up." -- School Library Journal (starred) (star) "Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously." -- Publishers Weekly (starred), "With maniacal glee, Rex ( Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich ) delivers spot-on rhymes about B-movie monsters, loosely organized around the nuptials of Frankenstein and his bride. . . . Rex's eclectic imagery and freewheeling verse will have readers going back for seconds."-- Publishers Weekly , starred review (7/14/08), "With maniacal glee, Rex (Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich) delivers spot-on rhymes about B-movie monsters, loosely organized around the nuptials of Frankenstein and his bride. . . . Rex''s eclectic imagery and freewheeling verse will have readers going back for seconds."--Publishers Weekly, starred review (7/14/08), "The fiendishly funny picture book FRANKENSTEIN TAKES THE CAKE, by Adam Rex, is a compilation of silly rhymes and Mad Magazine-style gags paired with gently spooky illustrations. Especially hilarious are ''Off the Top of My Head: The Official Blog of the Headless Horseman'' and a trio of Edgar Allan Poe spoofs featuring a couplet-savvy raven." --Family Fun, October 2008, Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: With irreverent entries such as ‘Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth ," this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter)." — Family Fun (star) Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Here's a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams—but not of fright." — Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up." — School Library Journal (starred) (star) Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously." — Publishers Weekly (starred) , Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: "With irreverent entries such as 'Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth ," this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter)." -- Family Fun (star) "Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Here's a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams--but not of fright." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) "The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up." -- School Library Journal (starred) (star) "Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) , Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: "With irreverent entries such as 'Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth , this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter). -- Family Fun (star) "Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Here's a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams--but not of fright. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) "The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up. -- School Library Journal (starred) (star) "Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously. -- Publishers Weekly (starred) , Praise for the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: With irreverent entries such as #145;Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night with Spinach in His Teeth ," this mash of monster poems will send kids howling (with laughter)." — Family Fun (star) Readers will relish every gross and hilarious entry in this monstrous menu of misadventures... Here's a read-aloud candidate sure to elicit loud screams—but not of fright." — Kirkus Reviews (starred) (star) The book is fresh, creative, and funny, with just enough gory detail to cause a few gasps. Kids will eat it up." — School Library Journal (starred) (star) Rex gives readers the pleasure of discovering punch lines on their own, and his droll, ultra-detailed paintings show he takes comedy seriously." — Publishers Weekly (starred)

Grade FromFirst Grade

Dewey Decimal811/.6

Grade ToFourth Grade

SynopsisNo one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there's the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin head. And can someone please tell Edgar Allan Poe to get the door already before the raven completely loses it? Sheesh. In a wickedly funny follow-up to the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich , Adam Rex once again proves that monsters are just like you and me. (Well, sort of.)