Genre: Children's book
Synposis: The narrator takes us on a tour of his creepy kitchen where we get to meet such fun characters as Count Spatula, The Crummy, Dr. Forkentein, and the Phantom of the Garbage Disposal. (those were MY favorites! Can't give away ALL the fun characters you will meet!)
Review: I have been waiting for almost a year for this book to come out! I am friends with the author on Facebook and knew from the early mock ups that my kids would love this story. I didn't realize how much I would love it. I don't mean as a mom who loves things that her kids love, but as an adult! The style is reminiscent of There is a Monster at the End of This Book (the one from Sesame Street) but whereas I felt the compulsive desire to hide that book from my kids after about the 1,000 time reading it, this one will tickle adult's funny bones as much as the kid's. It will remind you of that first year you didn't live at home. (Or my house, whenever I'm too busy to clean the kitchen. All I can say is when I read about Dirty Dish Peak, I LOL'ed and thought of my husband XD We had to stop reading so I could get back under control!)
Some of the characters I had to help my kids make the connection with because they aren't really fans of horror... yet. At the end, I asked my boys who their favorite character was and my 8 year old said "the narrator. I can totally relate!" My 11 year old said "the Crock Mess Monster. I hate eating food from the crock pot!"
Needless to say, we read it three times and I'm still giggling even as I write the review!
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