Spooky Buddies, adapted by Catherine
Hapka (Disney, 2011, 122 pages, a chapter book)
Not
only does Disney publish little books for little kids (picture books), but, as
we recently found out, also chapter books like Spooky Buddies!
And, like other books written after the movie, this one serves to bring up all
the fun scenes from that experience. Eight photos from the film help.
With
14 chapters, Spooky cannot be read in
one goodnight-story-session-to-settle-the-kids-down but the kids will remember
every character and all the subplots while parents will feel inundated with the
hurried pace (as if Disney had to write all the scenes into 122 short big-print
pages). On the other hand, it may be too scary for the littlest ones,
especially if read at night.
Air Bud Started It All
Do
you remember all five kids and the names of their golden retriever pups? And
Sheriff Dan and Deputy Sniffer? Add in a couple of bullies, a cemetery caretaker,
Mrs. Carroll and Mr. Carroll and Mr. Johnson, a Halloween Hound (not a read
hound), a ghost pup named Pip, Frankendude, a book of spells, a haunted
scepter, a mirror, a hoot owl named Hoot, green eyes, a gypsy dog Zelda,
warlock Warwick, and the usual bad guys and parents soon become lost in the
plots – but not the kids!
Caveat: a complex Halloween
story based on the movie which may frighten 6-year-olds. The book is an
authentic memory of the movie but may bring up scary memories and thoughts when
read at night.
More: Rosebud’s webpage
This will be re-posted in October.
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