Dino-Zombies!

by Rick Chrustowski (Author) Rick Chrustowski (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Celebrate Halloween with the dino-zombies as they stomp and chomp through the streets on their quest for candy! In this rhyming story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers! Dino-zombies--that's right, real dinosaur zombies--are on the hunt. But don't worry, there's no need to be scared. Just join the creepy crew as they trick-or-treat to collect and consume all the candy they can!

Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

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Kirkus Reviews

It’s all good, predictable fun. This story about the extinct undead really comes alive.

Publisher's Weekly

Forget brains-dino-zombies need sugar to survive, and Halloween night is the perfect time to fuel up. Chrustowski’s boldly hued crew, crisply outlined in black, don their costumes and stomp through the streets amassing loads of candy. "Zombie-raptor!/... Zombie-saurus rex!/ Ding-dong, ROAR! Ding-dong, ROAR!/ They’re the candy-saurus wrecks!" The dino-zombies-whose bones protrude from their meaty bulk-hit pay dirt at the neighborhood costume party ("Candy bars and popcorn balls!/ Dino-zombies chomp them all!") and even take home first prize for their impressive getups. And once "they’re crashing from the sugar rush," the dino-zombies are soon quiet and comfy at home in their "fuzzy jammies." The combination of spare text, chunky font, and playfully spooky critters with yellow glowing eyes make this a treat for early readers stimulated by the sugary holiday’s fun. Ages 6-8. 

Copyright 2021 Publisher’s Weekly, LLC Used with permission.

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Rick Chrustowski
Growing up, Rick Chrustowski (he/him) drew all the time. He drew on the floor of his room, in front of the TV, and at the kitchen table. In second grade, his parents gave him a drawing table, which he has used ever since. When Rick learned how to write stories in third grade, he realized that putting words and pictures together was his favorite art form. Rick has written and illustrated several picture books about the natural world, including Bright Beetle, Big Brown Bat, Turtle Crossing, and My Little Fox. Now he is focused on the not-so-natural world with his creepy but lovable characters in Dino-Zombies! When Rick is not making books, he travels across the country visiting schools and helping kids write and illustrate their own books. He lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593224762
Lexile Measure
440
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
August 20, 2021
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV002060 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
JUV017030 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
Library of Congress categories
Dinosaurs
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Zombies
Halloween

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