Saturday, August 6, 2011

Book Review: My Beastly book of Hilarious Heroes & My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales

These two books are surprisingly full of fun, humor and provide hours of entertainment for kids. They're definitely not your traditional coloring books. Both of these books allow kids to color, engage them by having them draw, cut, and do different activities through out the pages. These books are perfect for car rides, summer vacation and of course any time you hear the "I'm bored" comment. I'd definitely recommend picking these books up! Here's a little bit about these 4 star books:



Featuring tons of made-up heroes and heroines, My Beastly Book of Hilarious Heroes is filled with over 150 doodle and scribble activities to give budding young artists hours of fun. Like the other titles in the My Beastly Book series, My Beastly Book of Hilarious Heroes aims to push kids’ latent illustrative creativity into curious new directions by presenting them with silly scenarios and open-ended instructions.

Balance a mountain of cars on a strongman’s pinky finger, choose the real hero in a line-up of ordinary people, fill a grocery store shelf with food for a hero’s cart, design a hero's mask and costume, and draw a portrait of an entire family of heroes in this incredible addition to the My Beastly Book series. Kids will have fun helping these heroes save the day — but might have even more fun putting kryptonite in their way.

The wide variety of activities — from drawing and coloring to cut-outs and more — will help kids build confidence in their artistic skills and inspire their minds. Instructions are clear and concise, but still give kids plenty of reason to make use of their active imaginations.


More Brothers Grimm than Disney, My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales is filled with over 150 doodle and scribble activities to give budding young artists hours of fun. Like the other, best-selling titles in the series, My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales aims to push kids’ latent illustrative creativity into curious new directions by presenting them with silly scenarios and open-ended instructions.

The twisted takes on childhood favorites are delightfully mischievous and endless. Kids will dirty Cinderella’s ball gown, fill Hansel and Gretel’s mouths with rotten teeth after they snack on the witch’s gingerbread house, give a sunbathing Snow White a sunburn, decide what ingredients will go into their own magic potion, and more. After all, not all fairy tales have to end happily-ever-after!

The wide variety of activities — from drawing and coloring to cut-outs and more — help kids build confidence in their artistic skills and inspire their minds. Instructions are clear and concise, but still give kids plenty of reason to make use of their active imaginations. Illustrator Bérengère Delaporte’s loose, fantastical style sets up each impish scenario perfectly and encourages kids to respond to each page in a spontaneous and natural way.
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Here's a little about the author and illustrator, Vincent Boudgourd:
Vincent Boudgourd is the art director at a publicity agency. He enjoys posters and illustrations from the 1950’s through 70’s, traveling, waves, wide open spaces, and meat and potatoes. He currently lives in Rennes, France.
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Find out more about the Beastly Book series from the publisher & down load some sample pages from Owl Kids.

You can purchase both books from Amazon here and here
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~ Anna Quindlen

Good children's literature appeals not only to
the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.
~ Anonymous ~